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liaijun_2001

1.                  The pattern of whisker spot on the face of a male lion, like human fingerprints, are a lifelong means of identification, since they are both unique and unchanging.

(A) like human fingerprints, are a lifelong means of identification, since they are both unique and unchanging

(B) like human fingerprints, is a lifelong means of identification, since it is both unique and unchanging

(C) like human fingerprints, is a means of identification for life, being both unique and unchanging

(D) since they are both unique and unchanging, are, like human fingerprints, are a means of identification for life（B）

(E) both unique and unchanging, are, like human fingerprints, a lifelong means of identification

C

请问C是否错在being（独立主格）?去掉being是否对

liaijun_2001

顶，请NN们为我解释一下

lenejoe

我也有着类似的疑问

C中的being 错在哪里呢？

kowkow

我觉得a lifelong这种表达更明确更简洁．使我直接选B 个人的看法

lexie

I am not NN, but still glad to share my thoughts on this problem.

Clause, being + adj. is not a preferable expression in GMAT. Actually, I consider it unidiomatic. Additionally, a lifelong means is more succint and presice than the expression "a means of XXX for life"

asong

请教a means 后面是跟of还是to啊，请告知不同，谢谢