OG 1

joywzy

1.    The Wallerstein study indicates that even after a decade young men and women still experience some of the effects of a divorce occurring when a child.
A.    occurring when a child
B.    occurring when children
C.    that occurred when a child
D.    that occurred when they were children
E.    that has occurred as each was a child

Choice D is best. The phrasing a divorce that occurred when they were children correctly uses the relative clause that occurred to modify a divorce and includes a pronoun and verb (they were) that refer unambiguously to their antecedent, men and women. Choice A incorrectly introduces the when... phrase with occurring, thus illogically making divorce the grammatical referent of when a child; furthermore, the singular child does not agree with the plural men and women. B replaces child with children but otherwise fails to correct A's errors of structure and logic, and C corrects only the error created by occurring. Choice E includes an incorrect verb tense (has occurred) and wrongly replaces when with as. Also, each was does not properly refer to men and women.

OG的解释:Choice A incorrectly introduces the when... phrase with occurring, thus illogically making divorce the grammatical referent of when a child是什么意思啊?

谢谢.

[此贴子已经被作者于2003-11-14 15:20:51编辑过]

yzlinlin

occurring when (divorce) a child

joywzy

以下是引用yzlinlin在2003-11-14 20:56:00的发言：
occurring when (divorce) a child

也就是说这样的省略不对，是吗？如何知道这里省略的是divorce？是根据什么道理呢？

谢谢。

dandan74

occurring when a child修饰divoice, when的时间状语也是修饰的一部分，所以还原为一个句子就是
Divorce occurred when (divorce) a child

joywzy

以下是引用dandan74在2003-11-15 15:54:00的发言：
occurring when a child修饰divoice, when的时间状语也是修饰的一部分，所以还原为一个句子就是
Divorce occurred when (divorce) a child

dandan, thank u . i got it now.

motorola00

Any difference between "that occurred" and "occurring" ?
Thanks!

lxj19820127

v+ed 表示一次性的动作；v+ing 表示重复性的动作；

chiafulee

so could I use (... divorce occured when they were children) instead of (...divorce that occured when they were children)
or use (... divorce occuring when they were children) instead of (...divorce that occured when they were children)

paopao

以下是引用dandan74在2003-11-15 15:54:00的发言：
occurring    when    a    child修饰divoice,    when的时间状语也是修饰的一部分，所以还原为一个句子就是
Divorce    occurred    when    (divorce)    a    child    

这是什么意思啊？能详细地讲讲吗？谢谢。

paopao

顶。请大家帮助。