一题GWD，关于夹心修饰

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GWD3-Q39:

Minivans carry asmany as seven passengers and, compared with most sport utility vehicles, costless,get better gas mileage, allow passengers to get in and out more easily, andhave a smoother ride.

A.    Minivans carry as many as seven passengers and,compared with most sport utility vehicles, cost less,

B.   Minivans, which carry as many as sevenpassengers, compared with most sport utility vehicles, they cost less,

C.   Minivans carry as many as seven passengers, in comparisonwith most sport utility vehicles, and have a lower cost, they

D.   Minivans, carrying as many asseven passengers, compared with most sport utility vehicles, cost less,

E.    Minivans, which carry as many as sevenpassengers, compared with most sport utility vehicles the cost is lower, andthey

不确定答案是A还是D。

D选项中，Compared with most... 是不是夹心修饰？

emmahiggins09

这道题的答案是A

这里A中 compared with...是向后修饰而不是向前修饰，原因就是在passengers 后面的那个and 阻断了compared with 向前修饰的可能性。

句子的intended meaning 就是：
1/先定义了一下 Minivan: Minivans carry as many as seven passengers.
2/ 然后Minivans 的cost less get better gas mileage....直到句末的这鞋特性和 most sport utility vehicles 比较

而D中compared with 修饰的部分不明

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emmahiggins09 发表于 2016-12-18 03:27
这道题的答案是A

这里A中 compared with...是向后修饰而不是向前修饰，原因就是在passengers 后面的那个a ...

谢谢！用句子结构来分析确实让我明白这个问题：
A选项是——S V and ,MODIFIER, V
D选项是——S ,MODIFIER, MODIFIER, V.

似乎在GMAT里，正确答案很少会出现两个NON-essential MODIFIER并列的情况