PP2-15

scmiracle

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In the mid-1920s the Hawthorne Works of the Western Electric Company was the scene of an intensive series of experiments that would investigate changes in working conditions as to their effects on workers' performance

(A) that would investigate changes in working conditions as to their effects on workers' performance

(B) investigating the effects that changes in working conditions would have on workers' performance

(C) for investigating what the effects on workers' performance are that changes in working conditions would cause

(D) that investigated changes in working conditions' effects on workers' performance

(E) to investigate what the effects changes in working conditions would have on workers' performance

答案B

為何答案D錯誤，看了pp修辭筆記還是不太懂，自己也只能夠以非生物性的所有格來刪除！
能否有哪位大大能夠再清楚解釋. 感恩^^

evilleo

我不是NN。
我觉得D会产生歧义。容易理解为changes是发生在effects里的。不知道这么说合不合适。

NewLifeK

动词ing形式表示经常性的、反复出现的动作，that+blabla表示一次性的动作。从全句意思来理解，在1920年代这玩意儿was the scene of an intensive series of experiments，应该是反复出现的。所以我会选B