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花花臭臭

On account of a law passed in 1993, making it a crime punishable by imprisonment that a United States citizen hold gold in the form of bullion or coins, immigrants found that on arrival in the United States they had to surrender all of the gold they had brought with them.    
(D)
A.On account of a law passed in 1993, making it a crime punishable by imprisonment that a United States citizen hold
B.With a law passed in 1933 that makes it a crime punishable by imprisonment that a United States citizen hold
C.A law passed in 1933 that made it a crime punishable by imprisonment for a United States citizen holding
D.Because of a law passed in 1933 making it a crime punishable by imprisonment for a United States citizen to hold
E.Due to a law being passed in 1933 that makes it a crime punishable by imprisonment for a United States citizen to hold
请大侠解释一下ABC的错误原因，还有D为啥对。

sisichen666

A.首先，hold与a United States citizen主谓不一致；其次，making放在句中夹心修饰，如果修饰immigrants则是错误的逻辑关系
B. 同A：hold与a United States citizen主谓不一致；with短语做伴随状语，逻辑主语为immigrants，表达的是law是为immigrants拥有的，逻辑错误。
C. it指代不清；A law passed in 1993 that…有作为immigrants同位语的歧义；idiom正确的短语是make it a crime for sb. to do，用doing错误。
D.正确；Because of结构直接接的名词必须能表达出"原因"，这里because of a law，已经能够表达出是immigrants found that的直接原因
E. being一看就是冗余；due to在GMAT中不放在句首

MiaZhang

On account of a law passed in 1993, making it a crime punishable by imprisonment that a United States citizen hold gold in the form of bullion or coins, immigrants found that on arrival in the United States they had to surrender all of the gold they had brought with them.    
(D)
A.On account of a law passed in 1993, making it a crime punishable by imprisonment that a United States citizen hold
B.With a law passed in 1933 that makes it a crime punishable by imprisonment that a United States citizen hold
C.A law passed in 1933 that made it a crime punishable by imprisonment for a United States citizen holding
D.Because of a law passed in 1933 making it a crime punishable by imprisonment for a United States citizen to hold
E.Due to a law being passed in 1933 that makes it a crime punishable by imprisonment for a United States citizen to hold
请大侠解释一下ABC的错误原因，还有D为啥对。

-- by 会员 花花臭臭 (2012/11/18 17:27:51)

Ron的解释：

a, b, c can all be eliminated because of improper idiomatic usage: the proper idiom is '...a crime for blah blah blah to hold...'
'with' in choice b is also bad: it seems to imply that immigrants arrived with the law in their hands.
choice c implies that the immigrants themselves are 'a law passed in 19xx' (analogy: 'an accomplished pianist, jay made a nice living playing at weddings' - jay is an accomplished pianist. same reading applies to this sentence, although it's considerably longer and more difficult to parse)

i believe you've misconstrued our advice not to write 'because of V-ing', in exactly that form.
choice d doesn't do that: it writes 'because of a law', where 'a law' is definitely a noun. (the subsequent modifier 'making it a crime...' modifies 'law', and is not associated with 'because of')

花花臭臭

A.首先，hold与a United States citizen主谓不一致；其次，making放在句中夹心修饰，如果修饰immigrants则是错误的逻辑关系
B. 同A：hold与a United States citizen主谓不一致；with短语做伴随状语，逻辑主语为immigrants，表达的是law是为immigrants拥有的，逻辑错误。
C. it指代不清；A law passed in 1993 that…有作为immigrants同位语的歧义；idiom正确的短语是make it a crime for sb. to do，用doing错误。
D.正确；Because of结构直接接的名词必须能表达出"原因"，这里because of a law，已经能够表达出是immigrants found that的直接原因
E. being一看就是冗余；due to在GMAT中不放在句首

-- by 会员 sisichen666 (2012/11/18 17:54:36)

thank you!