prep08语法 183

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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 cash 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

答案是C。解释中说C的时态用的很好，to be 表示现在到未来，have been 表示从过去到现在，因此在时间轴上没有空缺。解释中又说D的were时态不正确，但我个人认为用were没有问题，意思上很说的过去啊。求帮忙。

greygray

首先expect的用法错了，expect sb that+从句，我觉得有点问题，expect sb to do 更加常见，也更加简练。
they也有歧义，可以代指analysts也可以代指automakers

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greygray 发表于 2013-12-17 16:31
首先expect的用法错了，expect sb that+从句，我觉得有点问题，expect sb to do 更加常见，也更加简练。
th ...

这两处错误我也发现了，只是对“were”时态用的不好有点意见。难道我钻牛角尖了。。。

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奔奔宝贝 发表于 2013-12-17 16:38
这两处错误我也发现了，只是对“were”时态用的不好有点意见。难道我钻牛角尖了。。。 ...

戳到痛楚。。。因为钻牛角尖我都不知道错了多少题了，但还是喜欢钻

过去式有现在不这样的意思，句子里是现在和未来比较，我是这样觉得
总感觉从将来时跳到过去式跨度很大，现在时缺掉了

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greygray 发表于 2013-12-17 16:43
戳到痛楚。。。因为钻牛角尖我都不知道错了多少题了，但还是喜欢钻

过去式有现在不这样的意思，句子里是 ...

恩恩，这样解释比较容易接受

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奔奔宝贝 发表于 2013-12-17 16:56
恩恩，这样解释比较容易接受

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greygray 发表于 2013-12-17 17:01
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