白勇 第十章 30题 没有人问过，但很奇怪

Ryang

For almost a hundred years after having its beginning in 1788, England exiled some 160,000 criminals to Australia.

A) For almost a hundred years after having its beginning in 1788,

B) Beginning in 1788 for a period of a hundred years,

C) Beginning a period of almost a hundred years, in 1788,

D) During a hundred years, a period beginning in 1788,

E) Over a period of a hundred years beginning in 1788,

我一上来就选得D，a period 做 a hundred years 得同位语，但白勇说a period 和 a hundred years 不是同一个概念，不能做同位语，正确答案是E...

疑惑，都表示一段时间，为什么a period 不能做 a hundred years 得同位语？E虽然没问题，但始终不是很舒服。

stellachan

Aside from being wordy and awkward, choice A is illogical: because its refers grammatically to England, A states nonsensically that England had its beginning in 1788. Choice B is similarly illogical, because the initial verb phrase Beginning in 1788... modifies England, the subject of the main clause. Choice C is imprecise, saying that England in 1788 was Beginning a period... but not conveying the sense that anything happened within that period. Choice D is awkward and unidiomatic, and nonsensically suggests that a hundred years is defined as a period beginning in 1788. Precise and idiomatically phrased, choice E is best. 

我个人认为，极其个人地认为

同位语应该单复数一致，因为说的就是同一个东西。a hundred years和aperiod不一致

我是用一般同位语只用来修饰句子的主语或宾语，而不能修饰句子的从属部分。排除了D

天蝎座1107

我只想说E更好 更能准确表达自1788年开始后100年