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pourquoiwhy

1.        In the textbook publishing business, the second quarter is historically weak, because revenues are low and marketing expenses are high as companies prepare for the coming school year.DA as的用法·

(A) low and marketing expenses are high as companies prepare

(B) low and their marketing expenses are high as they prepare

(C) low with higher marketing expenses in preparation

(D) low, while marketing expenses are higher to prepare（A）

(E) low, while their marketing expenses are higher in preparation

问题：D哪错了？

pourquoiwhy

fightbear

while表示对比，
            marketing expenses are high as companies prepare for the coming school year， 这里表达的应该是原因，

因为公司准备下一个学年，所以marketing的花销高。

revenues are low and marketing expenses are high 是并列来说明前面weak的原因。

deadendjy

好像没有理由用比较级higher

gerryzhang

改错的原则之一就是不能使句子中心发生改变，原句介绍 第二个季度营收少的原因 是2个并列的成分，而D中，while的引入使得第二个原因成了从句，所以错

AlexYYY

很好奇那个著名的 并列句 逗号法则为什么在这里失效了呢？

Hendy

In the context of the sentence, the two clauses -- revenues are low and marketing expenses are high -- play the same role:
Both indicate why the second quarter is historically weak, and both occur as companies prepare for the coming year.
Since no contrast is intended, and seems more appropriate than while