以下是引用stevenT在2008/12/24 23:40:00的发言: more than doubling 修饰的是 828,000 square miles,而brining修饰的是acquire。把两个分词短语当伴随状语用and连在一起。是我百思不得其解的地方。如果说more than doubling是修饰acquire, 那就变成了acquire more than doubling it size, 逻辑上怎么解释? 难道只要是分词短语,无论修饰对象是谁都可以合并在一起? open to discuss
, more than doubling 谁能解释下这是个什么用法?分词作伴随状语么?那more than又是什么词性,修饰什么的?
-- by 会员 ageng (2009/11/20 22:24:09)
Here are my thoughts:
According to what I found, most of the time ", more than" modifies the N or the core of Ns in front of it. There are couple of questions in Prep-1.
For sure, more than... modifies the 828,000 ^2 miles. The bringing could modify 828,000^2 miles or the whole event--acquisition. To make it clear, more than and bringing have to be connected by "and".