prep08 183

shevit

Despite recent increases in sales and cash flow that have propelled automobile companies' common stocks to new highs, several industry analysts expect automakers, in order to conserve cash, to set dividends more conservatively than they were
A. to set dividends more conservatively than they were
B. to set dividends more conservatively than they have been
C. to be more conservative than they have been in setting dividends
D. that they will be more conservative than they were in setting dividends
E. that they will be more conservative than they have been to set dividends
the answer is C
语法笔记给出的解释
A. 实义动词to set(表达预测，将来时)与系动词were不平行，应该是: to set Div. more conservatively than they have done.
B. to set与have been不平行，要在been后面加上setting或改为have set以修正平行
C哪里平行了咯？

shevit

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cllcchocolat

我觉得是不是AB中 they指代不清吧，可能是automakers也可能是dividends. C就没有问题

shevit

。。。。。还有别的解释木有。。。。

crack25

是这样的，你先从意思知道是set dividents这个动作的比较，所以当然要求助动词一致了
A were有可能不是
Bhavebeen没说出来，如果是ving就错了
C虽然奇怪，但是就是助动词一致

Mrfish

be和been, 多么平行,
现在be 保守与原来been保守, 这句话是两个谓语动词即be进行比较