GWD-12-Q31: 关于句子重心？？谁做主句谁做从句

kimpossible

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.



A.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

B.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
C.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 1886 and outnumbering
D.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
E.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


答案是E的  但是我怎么觉得A也可以呢。。。。

kimpossible

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ranshuyang

这道题OG12 SC 26题，官方解释如下：Parallelism; Grammatical construction

The main point of the sentence is that Dickinson’s letters to her sister-in-law outnumber her letters to anyone else. To emphasize this point, outnumber should be the main verb, and the description introduced by the passive verb were written needs to be changed from a main clause to an adjectival phrase.

A The long, wordy opening clause gives too much emphasis to the period when Dickinson’s letters were written; it is unclear what outnumbering refers to.
B The verbs describing the letter-writing period (begins and ended) are not parallel.
C The verbs describing the letter-writing period need to be in parallel form and agree in tense—e.g., beginning and ending or that began and that ended; this is a fragment because it lacks a main verb for letters.
D The lack of a main verb for the subject of the sentence, letters, makes this a fragment.
E Correct. The information about the period when Dickinson’s letters were written is contained in an adjectival phrase set off by commas, and the main verb outnumber refers clearly to letters.

cdgavin

謝謝ranshuyang把寄方解釋給打上。
結論：A錯不是錯在文法，是錯在句意不清(或說outnumber指向誰句意不清)。

canols

逗号+Ving的形式要不修饰句子主语，要不修饰前面整个句子。
这道题告诉test takers不要随意就伴随，应该考虑的是到底他们能不能伴随，伴随有没有意义。

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.



A.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

B.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
C.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 1886 and outnumbering
D.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
E.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


答案是E的  但是我怎么觉得A也可以呢。。。。

-- by 会员 kimpossible (2010/6/18 16:32:17)

youngerlee

严重仰慕楼上NN~~

gracefighting

逗号+Ving的形式要不修饰句子主语，要不修饰前面整个句子。
这道题告诉test takers不要随意就伴随，应该考虑的是到底他们能不能伴随，伴随有没有意义。

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.



A.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

B.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
C.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 1886 and outnumbering
D.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
E.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


答案是E的  但是我怎么觉得A也可以呢。。。。

-- by 会员 kimpossible (2010/6/18 16:32:17)

-- by 会员 canols (2010/7/11 19:42:23)

白勇的书里面说，现在分词在句末要么做伴随，要么做结果（应该是修饰前面整句的意思）
做伴随这里显然说不通，应该是做结果状语

但是分不清到底是做结果状语修饰前面整个句子，还是仅仅修饰ED's letter这个主语

EugenaTENG

我个人感觉， 现在分词outnumbering有点歧义，ING 可以理解为修饰letters, 也可以理解为修饰前面整个句子。 e选项就比较明确。

两极

outnumbering her letters to anyone else，显然outnumbering不可能是指的信，不然怎么能是信把信给outnumbering了呢？但是句首的主语又是Emily Dickinson’s letters ，读着很不舒服啊

两极

应该是Emily Dickinson’s letters to Susan Huntington 超过了其他的信，而不是Emily Dickinson’s letters 超过了其他的信，个人浅见