OG12第26 题对modier的诸多疑问，求解

花露水6

OG12.26
Emily Dickinson’s letters to Susan Huntington Dickinson were written over a period beginning a few years before Susan’s marriage to Emily’s brother and ending shortly before Emily’s death in 1886, outnumbering her letters to anyone else.

A,Dickinson were written over a period beginning a few years before Susan’s marriage to Emily’s brother and ending shortly before Emily’s death in 1886, outnumbering

B,Dickinson were written over a period that begins a few years before Susan’s marriage to Emily’s brother and ended shortly before Emily’s death in 1886, outnumber

C,Dickinson, written over a period beginning a few years before Susan’s marriage to Emily’s brother and that ends shortly before Emily’s death in 1886and outnumbering

D,Dickinson, which were written over a period beginning a few years before Susan’s marriage to Emily’s brother, ending shortly before Emily’s death in 1886, and outnumbering

E,Dickinson, which were written over a period beginning a few years before Susan’s marriage to Emily’s brother and ending shortly before Emily’s death in 1886, outnumber

这题ron大神说：
this is exactly the problem: the phrase in question, "outnumbering ...", is NOT, in any way whatsoever, a "(direct/indirect) result" of the time period over which the letters were written. these are tw completely independent and unrelated observations about the letters, and so they can't be placed into the sort of construction that appears in choice (a). this is thus not a grammatical problem so much as a problem of clarity, but it's still a problem
我想问numbering在这里不是做状语？而是应该做定语修饰letters吗，是因为outnumbering离主语太远了，（中间没什么别的可修饰了啊）？那终于原文的意思，主句是were written
啊，不是主句吗？

TerraceHo

outnumbering是屬於present participle with comma，在句子中作為verb modifier修飾主句動作以及主句。
另外，如果outnumbering要修飾前面的名詞的話（這時是做noun modifier），應該要符合touch rule的原則，就近放在noun後面（有時候可以跳躍），而且不能加comma。

這裡Ron的意思是說，E給S的信were written，所造成的結果不是數量超過E給其他任何人的信。“寫信”和“數量超過”應該是兩個獨立的事情，沒有因果關係。
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花露水6

啊 manhattan里讲过，我复习的混乱了。。。谢啦同学

wqeehom

outnumbering是屬於present participle with comma，在句子中作為verb modifier修飾主句動作以及主句。
另外，如果outnumbering要修飾前面的名詞的話（這時是做noun modifier），應該要符合touch rule的原則，就近放在noun後面（有時候可以跳躍），而且不能加comma。

這裡Ron的意思是說，E給S的信were written，所造成的結果不是數量超過E給其他任何人的信。“寫信”和“數量超過”應該是兩個獨立的事情，沒有因果關係。
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-- by 会员 TerraceHo (2012/12/4 13:47:48)

我做题的时候怎么就不知道区别 这两个是独立的事件这个原则

kiwifoodtown

outnumbering是屬於present participle with comma，在句子中作為verb modifier修飾主句動作以及主句。
另外，如果outnumbering要修飾前面的名詞的話（這時是做noun modifier），應該要符合touch rule的原則，就近放在noun後面（有時候可以跳躍），而且不能加comma。

這裡Ron的意思是說，E給S的信were written，所造成的結果不是數量超過E給其他任何人的信。“寫信”和“數量超過”應該是兩個獨立的事情，沒有因果關係。
^^

-- by 会员 TerraceHo (2012/12/4 13:47:48)

解释的非常正确，顶一下！