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carlito

186. Judge Bonham denied a motion to allow

members of the jury to go home at the end of each day instead of to confine them to a hotel.

(A)  to allow members of the jury to go home at the end of each day instead of to confine them to

(B)  that would have allowed members of the jury to go home at the end of each day instead of confined to

(C)  under which members of the jury are allowed to go home at the end of each day instead of confining them in

(D)  that would allow members of the jury to go home at the end of each day rather than confinement in

(E)   to allow members of the jury to go home at the end of each day rather than be con­fined to

In this sentence, members of the jury are presented with two options: they may (1) go home or (2) be confined to a hotel. The rejected motion would have allowed them to do the first rather than [to] suffer the second. Members of the jury must be the logical subject of both options, and both must be expressed in parallel form, that is, as infinitive clauses. E, the best choice, observes these requirements. In A and C, the phrase members of the jury is not the logical subject of the second option, to confine them or confining them, since jury members are not doing the confining. In B and D, confined and confinement are not infinitives and thus do not parallel to go in the first option.

就是不明白为什么是E？

后面的rather  than be confined 好像也与to  go home 不平行啊?

请大牛指教

谢谢

顾风

平行啊， allow sb. to do sth. rather than do sth.

另外， 之所以用be confined 是因为没有confine 的主语。

顾风

平行啊， allow sb. to do sth. rather than do sth.

另外， 之所以用be confined 是因为没有confine 的主语。

carolhide

以下是引用carlito在2006-4-1 14:07:00的发言：

186. Judge Bonham denied a motion to allow

members of the jury to go home at the end of each day instead of to confine them to a hotel.

(A)  to allow members of the jury to go home at the end of each day instead of to confine them to

(B)  that would have allowed members of the jury to go home at the end of each day instead of confined to

(C)  under which members of the jury are allowed to go home at the end of each day instead of confining them in

(D)  that would allow members of the jury to go home at the end of each day rather than confinement in

(E)   to allow members of the jury to go home at the end of each day rather than be con­fined to

In this sentence, members of the jury are presented with two options: they may (1) go home or (2) be confined to a hotel. The rejected motion would have allowed them to do the first rather than [to] suffer the second. Members of the jury must be the logical subject of both options, and both must be expressed in parallel form, that is, as infinitive clauses. E, the best choice, observes these requirements. In A and C, the phrase members of the jury is not the logical subject of the second option, to confine them or confining them, since jury members are not doing the confining. In B and D, confined and confinement are not infinitives and thus do not parallel to go in the first option.

就是不明白为什么是E？

后面的rather  than be confined 好像也与to  go home 不平行啊?

请大牛指教

谢谢

中间有省略，完整形式是 to go home...rather than (to) be confined...

这样不就平行了么。