[求助]语法题GWD-7-Q4 和 GWD12-Q31

lovelydingye

     GWD-7-Q4:
Only seven people this century have been killed by the great white shark, the man-eater of the movies—less than those killed by bee stings.

A.        movies—less than those
B.        movies—fewer than have been
C.        movies, which is less than those
D.        movies, a number lower than the people
E.        movies, fewer than the ones

请问这题答案是什么呀？ 我怎么觉得每1个答案都不对啊。谢谢

GWD12-Q31

Emily Dickinson’s letters to Susan Huntington Dickinson were written over a period beginning a few years before Susan’s marriage to Emily’s brother and ending shortly before Emily’s death in 1886, outnumbering her letters to anyone else.

• Dickinson were written over a period beginning a few years before Susan’s marriage to Emily’s brother and ending shortly before Emily’s death in 1886, outnumbering
              
• Dickinson were written over a period that begins a few years before Susan’s marriage to Emily’s brother and ended shortly before Emily’s death in 1886, outnumber
              
• Dickinson, written over a period beginning a few years before Susan’s marriage to Emily’s brother and that ends shortly before Emily’s death in 1886and outnumbering
              
• Dickinson, which were written over a period beginning a few years before Susan’s marriage to Emily’s brother, ending shortly before Emily’s death in 1886, and outnumbering
              
• Dickinson, which were written over a period beginning a few years before Susan’s marriage to Emily’s brother and ending shortly before Emily’s death in 1886, outnumber

答案给的E，就是想不明白为什么A不对。 不是说不能改变句子重心吗？如果是这样的话，那E就该不对了。而且，E中 which were不是也可以省略吗？ 这样看，不是选A更好吗？
请指教。谢谢。

msuzengli

GWD 7-Q4: 答案是B.
理由: 时态对应, 省略主语

GWD 12-Q31
A和E都没有语法错误.不过A答案里面outnumbering离它的逻辑主语太远了.不知道这样想对不对?

lovelydingye

以下是引用msuzengli在2009-6-17 7:08:00的发言：

GWD 7-Q4: 答案是B.
理由: 时态对应, 省略主语

GWD 12-Q31
A和E都没有语法错误.不过A答案里面outnumbering离它的逻辑主语太远了.不知道这样想对不对?

谢谢你的解答。 但是关于12-31，我是觉得改变了句子的重心。 难道在这个句子里，就是应该要改重心吗？之前做的题都是改了重心就错的呀。不明白了。

msuzengli

我翻了翻前人的帖子,再仔细想了一下,认为A有这些问题:

1.如果句子重心在于写书信的时间,这个句子不需要被动;

2.outnumbering离修饰语太远,容易造成歧义,让读者认为outnumbering是前句的结果.

E答案虽然转移句子重心,但结果却令句子更有逻辑.

sophiaruan

我还是不明白，我认为就是楼上2的原因才要选A的，在那个时期里他写了那么多信这件事让他outnumber了，而且，E中which会不会有修饰
            Dickinson的歧义呢？在OG里面多次提到which引导非限制性定语从句，修饰前面的N，我改正了which引导非限制定语从句可以跳跃修饰的功能，请指点迷津。

msuzengli

那这就很好解释了.

1.是给S的信在数量上超过给其他人的信,而不是这件事情在数量上超过给其他人的信.我认为ing表结果是指前句整件事为v.ing的发出者;

2.Dickinson是人,which指代不了