GMATPrep SC一题的疑问

zhangla

<As the former> chair of the planning board for 18 consecutive years and a board member for 28 years, xxx attended more than 288 meetings and reviewed more than 99 applications.

A. As the former
B. The former
C. Former
D. She was
E. As the

答案是E,可是我觉着这样一来不是更改了原句的意思吗? 难道former是多余的?

xizzhu

以下是引用zhangla在2006-5-15 11:14:00的发言：
<As the former> chair of the planning board for 18 consecutive years and a board member for 28 years, xxx attended more than 288 meetings and reviewed more than 99 applications.

A. As the former
B. The former
C. Former
D. She was
E. As the

答案是E,可是我觉着这样一来不是更改了原句的意思吗? 难道former是多余的?

主句是过去时, 已含 former 的意思

gonghao

主句是过去时, 已含 former 的意思

同意

如是As the former

则后面得主句时态最好用完成时