og12对于语法的原则性规定是否改变了?

Lonelydance

             这是og12-q101(676页)的语法题:

       Heavy commitment by an executive to a course of action, especially if it has worked well in the past, makes it likely to miss signs of incipient trouble or misinterpret them when they do appear.(句子全部划线)

A . Heavy commitment by an executive to a course of action, especially if it has worked well in the past, makes it likely to miss signs of incipient trouble or misinterpret them when they do appear.

B. An executive who is heavily committed to a course of action, especially one that worked well in the past, makes missing signs of incipient trouble or misinterpreting ones likely when they do appear.

C. An executive who is heavily committed to a course of action is likely to miss or misinterpret signs of incipient trouble when they do appear, especially if it has worked well in the past.

D. Executives’ being heavily committed to a course of action, especially if it has worked well in the past, makes them likely to miss signs of incipient trouble or misinterpreting them when they do appear.

E. Being heavily committed to a course of action, especially one that has worked well in the past, is likely to make an executive miss signs of incipient trouble or misinterpret them when they do appear.

     很出乎意料,本题选E.而我们知道,being在句首引导句子必错,这是多年来gmat考试的原则,但在og12官方给出的答案就是E.这是否说明这一原则已经改变了?

[此贴子已经被作者于2009/7/16 12:07:51编辑过]

dimitripanch

我觉得这还是要看being到底做为什么成分出现在句子中间，being出现和错误标志之间并没有一点联系，其实只要看懂句子的逻辑和重心，选择对的就可以了

以前的规则在某些排除中还是有用的，还是要考虑规则的优先性

neomatrix

我同意dimitripanch的看法。

仔细分析就会发现，being作为一个主语短语存在，being……is likely to make...

如果说是“being……, executives...”，那么这样的句子还是错的。