GWD17-Q18

tqtzzzzz

wuunanwork 发表于 2017-7-23 06:54
有人知道b为啥错吗，我知道a tripling 不好， for the fuel used 的for也怪怪的。这里的due to用法正确吗？ ...

同问b，感觉这个due to用的没什么问题，ron也说过可以用xxx is due to xxxxx的，所以这里的due to 有问题吗？？感觉这里是不是in addition to 有问题？？

求大牛解救！

yoikoyoko

tqtzzzzz 发表于 2017-11-18 15:54
同问b，感觉这个due to用的没什么问题，ron也说过可以用xxx is due to xxxxx的，所以这里的due to 有问题 ...

我记得ron说过due to可以和caused by完美替换，那B选项的结构就是X was caused by A, in addition to B，这个用法有点奇怪，应该是 X was caused by A, and (by) B？

tqtzzzzz

yoikoyoko 发表于 2017-12-9 21:46
我记得ron说过due to可以和caused by完美替换，那B选项的结构就是X was caused by A, in addition to B， ...

好滴！感谢解答！

Eleanorrr

zongtong 发表于 2009-6-6 22:25
Over the course of the eighteenth century, the average output of ironwork tripled as a result of sev ...

Dear Zongtong,

Thank you for your  interpretation!

However,In your answer, I have some questions.
I support A.
here is my reasons:
A Over the course of the eighteenth century, the average output of ironwork tripled as a result of several improvements in blowing machinery and because coal replaced charcoal as the fuel used in the smelting of iron ore.
               
B Over the course of the eighteenth century a tripling in the average output of ironwork was due to the replacement of charcoal by coal for the fuel used in the smelting of iron ore, in addition to several improvements in blowing machinery.>>A tripling was due to the replacement, in addition  to improvement. the author does not mean subject of sentence is "a tripling", instead of "the avg. output" （by the way, in this sentence  the grammar is 100% correct.）
               
C With charcoal’s being replaced by coal as the fuel used in the smelting of iron ore and several improvements in blowing machinery, the average output of ironwork tripled over the eighteenth century. >>Using "with" is not clear, because it does not show the relationship between two sentences.

here is an example:" I got 750 in my GMAT exam, with a delicious hamburger being eaten" >> Apparently, here is not any relationship between this two sentences. (If it has, every one should eat hamburger before they have tests)

To sum up, if we need to connect two sentence, we should use a correct word to show their relationships.>>"I got 750 in my GAMT exam, because I am hard-working."

D The replacement of charcoal with coal for the fuel used in the smelting of iron ore and several improvements in blowing machinery, the average output of ironwork tripled over the eighteenth century. >> The sentence begins with nouns and follows by a sentence, but no conjunction in the whole sentence. （by the way, “the replacement A with B” is definitely correct! ）
               
E Charcoal being replaced by coal as the fuel used in the smelting of iron ore, and several improvements in blowing machinery, which tripled the average output of ironwork over the course of the eighteenth century.>> Obviously ,there is no subject and verb in this sentence(fragment)

In A, although it seems not perfectly parallel, it shows the intended meaning the author tries to express.

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gmat928 发表于 2010-2-24 13:46
Over the course of the eighteenth century, the average output of ironwork tripled as a result of  ...

大牛们能解答下，这里的
With charcoal’s being replaced by coal ... 是什么结构吗？不太懂。

lulululooks

官方prep裡的正確答案是A

lulululooks

補充一下我的想法：
A. Over the course of the eighteenth century, the average output of ironwork tripled as a result of several improvements in blowing machinery and because coal replaced charcoal as the fuel used in the smelting of iron ore.
句子核心：the output tripled as a result of improvements and because coal replaced charcoal

B.Over the course of the eighteenth century a tripling in the average output of ironwork was due to the replacement of charcoal by coal for the fuel used in the smelting of iron ore, in addition to several improvements in blowing machinery.
句子核心：a tripling was due to the replacement
這裡(我認為)語法本身沒有錯誤，但是語意變動。A選項寫tripled是因為improvements "and" coal replaced charcoal，代表是兩者共同導致的triple。但是這裡把improvements變成了non-essential modifier，相對來說重要性就沒有and表達來的強烈。
再來主詞從output變成了tripling（其他選項裡面的主詞都是output）

C. With charcoal's being replaced by coal as the fuel used in the smelting of iron ore and several improvements in blowing machinery, the average output of ironwork tripled over the eighteenth century.
句子核心：the output tripled
Ron在某個地方講過：當”with結構”在主要句子「之前」--> 表示”some sort of precipitating circumstance (which falls under the category of 'reason'). 換個角度說，代表這種修飾關係很不明確，相對沒有A來的直接(A直接說是因為X&Y)。
另外with裡的兩個elements沒有平行 (實物 vs 抽象概念)

比較三個句子，會發現A的句子核心最完整，在刪掉modifier的情況下仍然可以表達出完整的意思（雖然不是那麼平行）
但是是裡面表達最清楚的

AGYU

lulululooks 发表于 2018-6-28 21:17
補充一下我的想法：
A. Over the course of the eighteenth century, the average output of ironwork trip ...

thanks for the explanation!

allez_nn

alannesta 发表于 2011-5-10 11:13
这道题我来说下，A和C结构上都不完美，但都是grammatically correct，只能把重心放在over the course of th ...

穿越时空来回复一下，这个解答很棒！虽然很多小白（比如我）看到A选项中不平行的结构可能就直接排除掉了，根本没空注意到这个idiom

JohnResse

alannesta 发表于 2011-5-10 11:13
这道题我来说下，A和C结构上都不完美，但都是grammatically correct，只能把重心放在over the course of th ...

这个解释很好啊，不过就是很少人会注意到这点。