OG2022sc部分972题
Most of the country's biggest daily newspapers had lower circulation in the six months from October 1995 through March 1996 than asimilar period a year earlier.
C. In a similar period
E. That of a similar period
正确答案是C
对于E的解释是that代指什么不清楚,但是我觉得that不是代指的circulation吗?还原的话就是1995'10-1996'3的circulation小于一年前同期的circulation。
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主句当中 in the six month并不是修饰circulation的定语,而是时间状语修饰主句或者说谓语had:
(S)【Most of the country's biggest daily newspapers】 (V)【had】 (O)【lower circulation】(adv.)【in the six months from October 1995 through March 1996】
所以实际上主句中并没有所谓【1995'10-1996'3的circulation】这个名词性意群,只有【circulation】,所以E并不平行,假如强行平行,相当于拿概括性的【circulation】和具体的【一年前同期circulation】比,同时省略了时间状语 in the six months from October 1995 through March 1996。
换句话说,用E的话,相当于从句在circulation后面有定语时间限制of a similar period a year earlier,又有时间状语 in the six months from October 1995 through March 1996,句义让人无法理解
1、前面是circulation in, 后面是that of +时间段。这个表达是时间段的流通,很奇怪。且和前面的circulation in 平行会更好。
2、原句要比较的是什么,A has a lower circulation in +时间 than A has a ….circulation in +时间。我觉得这里要比较的并不完全是名词的circulation,而是整个句子。如果是circulation in +时间 is lower than that in +时间,这样就比较的是名词,这里使用that,就更合理。
3、至于OG说的that有歧义,我猜他指的是,that还可以指代newspaper吧(为啥这里是单数,我也觉得奇怪)