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billkuan

7.Less detrimental than the effects of bacterial transformation is the effects of bacterial deterioration: spoilage of food, metals corroding, decay of wood, and other undesirable alterations of substances.
(A) is the effects of bacterial deterioration: spoilage of food, metals corroding
(B) are the effects of bacterial deterioration: spoilage of food, metals corroding
(C) is the effects of bacterial deterioration, which include spoilage of food, metals corroding
(D) are the effects of bacterial deterioration, which includes spoilage of food, corrosion of metals
(E) are the effects of bacterial deterioration: spoilage of food, corrosion of metals

what is wrong with (D)? thanks for help.

starwing

D has 2 problems:

1. Instead of "which includes", should be "which include"
2. The sentence is wordy. Too unnecessarily long.

My 2 cents...

billkuan

but i think "which" modifies "deterioration" that is single, so (D) may be grammatically correct. What do you think? anyway, thanks a lot, starwing.

miejue

以下是引用billkuan在2003-11-3 13:09:00的发言：
but i think "which" modifies "deterioration" that is single, so (D) may be grammatically correct. What do you think? anyway, thanks a lot, starwing.

Here "spoilage of food, corrosion of metals... " are noun phrases which refer to the results of deterioration. Thus means, how ever, deterioration is a process. So the logic accordance breaks. How could one includes the result of itsself?

dandan74

此题注意后面的spoilage of food, metals corroding, decay of wood, and other undesirable alterations of substances 实际上是effects of bacteria deterioration, 而不是deterioration本身。D在逻辑上不通

billkuan

terrific! thank you very much, guys.

dreadpower

     句子的逻辑意思真是太重要了


     在D和E犹豫的时候，翻译一下句子意思，就能发现两个选项的异同，就能知道正确答案

伊彤

oh

vivinzone

en

tinabeauty1984

spoilage of food为什么不能是deterioration,而是effects of bacteria deterioration，食物腐烂不就是deterioration吗，还是想不通