有道题想请教,谢谢啦 In 1850, Lucretia Mott published her Discourse on Women, arguing in a treatise for women to have equal political and legal rights and for changes in the married women’s property laws. (A) arguing in a treatise for women to have equal political and legal rights (B) arguing in a treatise for equal political and legal rights for women (C) a treatise that advocates women’s equal political and legal rights (D) a treatise advocating women’s equal political and legal rights (E) a treatise that argued for equal political and legal rights for women Parallelism; Rhetorical construction Mott’s Discourse was a treatise, and it is redundant and confusing to present her as both publishing her Discourse and arguing in a treatise, as though they were two separate things. Th e verb arguing must be followed by a prepositional phrase beginning with for, but the verb advocating simply takes a direct object. A After published her Discourse … arguing in a treatise is wordy and imprecise. B Arguing in a treatise is redundant and awkward. C Th e verb advocates does not work idiomatically with the prepositional phrase for changes. … D Th e verbal advocating does not work idiomatically with the prepositional phrase for changes. … E Correct. Th e title of Mott’s publication is followed by a phrase describing the treatise, and argued is followed by for. Th e correct answer is E