原题PREP

Kiron

At the end of the day, the prime minister and her staff ended up both sharing not merely a pessimistic view of potential legislative progress for the foreseeable future; also a fear that her party was losing the initiative on a number of issues.

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  ended up both sharing not merely a pessimistic view of potential legislative progress for the foreseeable future; also
  
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  share in common not just a pessimistic legislative progress view, but
  
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  both shared not only a pessimistic view of legislative progress for the foreseeable future but as well
  
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  ended up sharing not merely their pessimistic view of potential legislative progress, but they also shared
  
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  shared not only a pessimistic view of potential legislative progress, but also
  
• 为什么选择E
  
  

长丝弓

A. "Both "的位置应在 "sharing "之后，这里的 "Both "指的是悲观的观点和恐惧。所以，A项错误。
B. "but "应在 "also "后面。另外，B选项完全改变了原句中的用词。我们通常喜欢用最少的改动来纠正句子。
C. "Not only ... but also "是正确的用法。"but as well "使句子的语法错误。另外，"sharing "前用 "both "是错误的。
D. 这里使用 "they "是多余的。
E. 本句正确使用了介词。因此，E为答案。