og-11th --138

vivianwsp198

138. The direction in which the Earth and the other solid planets-Mercury, Venus, and Mars-spins

                  were determined from collisions with giant celestial bodies in the early history of the solar system.

spins were determined from spins were determined because of spins was determined through spin was determined by spin was determined as a result of

 

Agreement + Idiom

Two verbs collide in the underlined section,

•                      and both have agreement errors. Spins should be plural to agree with its subject the Earth and the other solid planets; were determined should be singular to agree with its subject the direction. The idiom
            determined by is used to express cause;
            determined from is incorrect in this context.

A Spins should be spin; were should he was; from should be by

B Spins should be spin; were should be was; because of should be by

C Spins should be spin; through should be by

D Correct. In this sentence, spin agrees with

the plural subject the Earth and the other solid

planets; was determined agrees with its subject

the direction; the idiom determined by is used

to express cause.

E The wordy as a result of is not the correct idiom

The correct answer is D.

对红色字体一直看不明白，既然spinV 的主语是复数，解释也说须是复数才能跟它的主语一致，正确选项里明明用的单数啊。

vivianwsp198

题目贴的很不工整，我直接从0G-11 WORD版里直接COPY过来，就这个样子了而且没法改。

明白这道题目的NNS指点我一下，没找到关于这道题目的讨论