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老螃蟹

21. Defense attorneys have occasionally argued that their clients' misconduct stemmed from a reaction to something ingested, but in attributing criminal or delinquent behavior to some food allergy, the perpetrators are in effect told that they are not responsible for their actions.
(A)    in attributing criminal or delinquent behavior to some food allergy
(B)    if criminal or delinquent behavior is attributed to an allergy to some food
(C)    in attributing behavior that is criminal or delinquent to an allergy to some food
(D)    if some food allergy is attributed as the cause of criminal or delinquent behavior
(E)    in attributing a food allergy as the cause of criminal or delinquent behavior
正确答案是b，请帮忙分析结构。谢谢！

braveMBA

这题在考2点：
1、sth be attibuted to.
2、BUT引导完整主谓结构的句子，即使有省略也需要明确的逻辑主语，而A、C、E理论上的逻辑主语都是the perpetrators，明显不符合逻辑意思。而D中的sth is attributed as the cause of ....属于典型的 wordy 错误。