新手问OG11_Verbal_Review里的一条语法题

diemenju

第36题里A的解释是construction uses a verb tense that does not agree with has been．可是what从句不是等于the thing that的吗？那what 后面的was是不是等于一个从句里的verb tense？那又为什么会和has been矛盾?这题真是百思不得其解。刚开始备考GMAT，望大家帮帮忙，一个人K书真的好难啊！

顾风

请MM贴原题。。。谢谢

diemenju

36．
             What was as remarkable as the development of the compact disc has been the use of the new technology to revitalize，in better sound than was ever before possible，some of the classic recorded performances of the pre-LP era．

(A)  What was as remarkable as the development of the compact disc

(B)  The thing that was as remarkable as developing the compact disc

(C)  No less remarkable than the development of the compact disc

(D)  Developing the compact disc has been none the less remarkable than

(E)  Development of the compact disc has been no less remarkable as

Parallelism + Rhetorical construction

This sentence compares the development of the compact disc with the use 0fthe new technology；

these two phrases must use parallel grammatical structures to make the comparison clear．

Unnecessary words disrupt the parallelism and clutter the meaning；they must be omitted．The

correct idiom for comparison must be used．

A  What was is awkward and unnecessary；construction uses a verb tense that does not agree with has been．

B  The thing that was is wordy and unnecessary, and it introduces a verb tense that does not agree with has been．

C  Correct．No less remarkable than、s the clearest，most concise and idiomatically correct wav for this sentence to introduce the comparison between the development and the use．

D  Developing is not parallel to the use；nonetheless followed by than is not a correct idiom for comparison．

E  Without its article，development is not parallel to the use；no less．．．as is not a correct idiom

for comparison．

The correct answer is C．

顾风

一个是was，一个是has been。。。og解释说是时态不一致。这里是一个主子主语从句与谓语的时态问题。后后面的in better sound than was ever before possible，some of the classic recorded performances of the pre-LP era无关。。。