求助一道OG上的SC！！谢谢！

御寒

小俞蛋 发表于 2016-1-9 22:01
这道题另外一个梗其实正是在could have been bought 和 could be bought两者的差别上，暂时先忽略副词easil ...

同意！               

奋斗的金融mmiao

E is using "easily" to modify "be bought directly." The meaning is that it is easy for people to buy directly. If we move "easily," it is now just modifying "bought." This would mean that what we can do directly is specifically to "easily buy" stocks. It oddly/awkwardly implies that "easy buying" can be direct, but "non-easy buying" cannot. Basically, it violates the order in which we should sensibly apply modifiers. Consider this example:

The movie will soon be shown in Taiwan.

We should be able to move "soon" right next to "shown," right? "The movie will be shown soon in Taiwan." However, putting the two modifiers next to each other at the end confuses the meaning. The meaning of the original was that the movie would be shown in Taiwan, and that this would happen soon. In the rewrite, "in Taiwan" modifies "will be shown soon" or even just "soon" (as opposed to just "shown"). This implies that while it will be shown soon in Taiwan, it might not be shown soon anywhere else.

Here's one other example of how adverb placement can affect meaning:

I will gladly sing sadly. (Correct. "Gladly" modifies "sing sadly." I would be glad to sing in this way.)

I will sing gladly sadly. (Incorrect. I would never write this way, but the most likely meaning would be the opposite of the above. I will sing gladly, but I will be sad while I am doing so.)
关于easily位置的解释，摘自gmatclub
https://gmatclub.com/forum/og-2016-not-trusting-themselves-to-choose-wisely-among-the-wide-204265.html

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把D的定从改写一下，就是stock easily could be bought directly.听上去就很别扭，一般的顺序是情态动词，adv, 实意动词。如：I can hardly wait to see my parents.
如果是方式副词的话，可放在句尾，如：We could see the tree clearly.

洛亞煕

拐喵1 发表于 2016-8-7 20:25
啊好老的题了。看了RON大神的PPT后有了新的理解。正如plan to do和plan for doing的区别一样，plan to do的 ...

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Raycyn

小俞蛋 发表于 2016-1-9 22:01
这道题另外一个梗其实正是在could have been bought 和 could be bought两者的差别上，暂时先忽略副词easil ...

同意！               

淇水过过过

winnie330 发表于 2015-8-1 13:50
我的理解是这样的：这个题目一定要先从语义和上下文来判断。many people are turning to stockbrokers for  ...

Mark一下！               

suk1yan

in doing 这种介词不应该是adv. Modifier吗？不应该修饰名词help啊。。。
求解释

周丽莎

拐喵1 发表于 2016-8-7 20:25
啊好老的题了。看了RON大神的PPT后有了新的理解。正如plan to do和plan for doing的区别一样，plan to do的 ...

同意！               

大力云子

小俞蛋 发表于 2016-1-9 22:01
这道题另外一个梗其实正是在could have been bought 和 could be bought两者的差别上，暂时先忽略副词easil ...

同意！               

火星G

看了一上午，看到现在也没有明白easily位置变化会对意思产生什么样的变化和影响？哪位大侠知道吗？。。。
虽然这道题即使不会adv placement也可以排除掉，得到正确的答案。还请大侠帮忙！