各位大神求解一个题目

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In the Louisiana Purchase of 1803, the United States acquired 828,000 square miles for about four cents an acre, which more than doubled the country's size and that brought its western border within reach of the Pacific Ocean.

A）In the Louisiana Purchase of 1803, the United States acquired 828,000 square miles for about four cents an acre, which more than doubled the country's size and that brought
B）For about four cents an acre the United States acquired, in the Louisiana Purchase of 1803, 828,000 square miles, more than doubling the country's size and it brought
C）With the Louisiana Purchase in 1803, the United States acquired 828,000 square miles for about four cents an acre, more than doubling its size and bringing
D）The United States, in the Louisiana Purchase of 1803, for about four cents an acre, acquired 828,000 square miles, more than doubling the country's size, bringing
E）Acquiring 828,000 square miles in the Louisiana Purchase of 1803, the United States bought it for about four cents an acre, more than doubling the country's size and bringing

请问这道题的D选项为啥错呢。
我的理解是The US acquired ..., bringing。
也就是说美国获得这个东西，带来了。。。

spicytaco

in the Louisiana Purchase of 1803 个人觉得meaning 有问题 ..这表示   Louisiana 购买1803
doubling the country's size和bringing应该平行
2个都是修饰acquired 828,000 square miles, 逻辑主语united states也说得通

davidz90

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hmm.

well, the first and foremost thing about choice (d) is that it's absolutely horrible.
if you were a native speaker, you would look at it and want to throw things against the wall. it's just that bad (in terms of total awkwardness).

weirdly enough, i don't think there is anything that is actually ungrammatical about it. i think its primary problems have to do with clarity:
* "in the louisiana purchase" is placed AFTER "the united states". this placement implies that the united states itself is actually contained within the louisiana purchase.
* "for about four cents an acre" is placed in a place that is unclear.

also:
* the cadence of the sentence is just awful. it's like blurt, comma, blurt, comma, blurt, comma, blurt, etc.
this is not the sort of thing that a non-native speaker could be expected to reject right away, but this is just not the style of acceptable writing.

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davidz90 发表于 2018-10-20 03:03
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谢谢！