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A_zen

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 The Achaemenid empire of Persia reached the Indus Valley in the fifth century B.C., bringing the Aramaic script with it, from which was derived both northern and southern Indian alphabets.

(A) the Aramaic script with it, from which was derived both northern and

(B) the Aramaic script with it, and from which deriving both the northern and the

(C) with it the Aramaic script, from which derive both the northern and the

(D) with it the Aramaic script, from which derives both northern and

(E) with it the Aramaic script, and deriving from it both the northern and

答案选c没问题，只是，这里derive是不是应该用过去式呢？

[此贴子已经被作者于2007-9-10 21:13:10编辑过]

jtcoffeebean

我觉得“起源于“应该用一般现在时表示客观事实

同白勇P89的 15“BE NATIVE TO"

A_zen

got it.thanks a lot!

sailing2jp

问一下为什么不用derives而用derive？the Aramaic script不是单数吗？

nemo11

以下是引用sailing2jp在2008-7-23 8:23:00的发言：

问一下为什么不用derives而用derive？the Aramaic script不是单数吗？

同问。

另外什么情况下加the，什么情况下不加the ?