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alalei

The Achaemenid empire of Persia reached the Indus Valley in the fifth century B.C., bringing the Aramaic script with it, from which was derived both northern and southern Indian alphabets.

A) the Aramaic script with it, from which was derived both northern and

B) the Aramaic script with it, and from which deriving both the northern and the

C) with it the Aramaic script, from which derive both the northern and the

D) with it the Aramaic script, from which derives both northern and

E) with it the Aramaic script, and deriving from it both the northern and

Answer: C

模考的时候选对了，可是回头再仔细看看觉得from which后面怎么没有找到主语呢？难道是倒装Indian alphebets是主语吗？

dreamchaserdan

按意思讲这里应该是derive both the northern and the southern Indian alphabets from the Aramaic script，的确是没有明确的主语或者说省略了主语the Indian，不是特别确定，open to discussion

我还有个问题就是有关the northern/the southern 和 northern/southern之间的区别

dreamchaserdan

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QHDMBA

从句是倒装句， Both the northern and the southern Indian alphabets derive from the Aramaic script.

dreamchaserdan

即使是倒装句，也应该是被动吧？

Both the northern and the southern Indian alphabets were derived from the Aramaic script

angel_duyuying

derive from只有主动，没有被动形式

powerful

为什么不是 the Aramaic script derives from Both the northern and the southern Indian alphabets 呢