一道GWD和Prep的题~

zhepeking

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

evelyn205205

lz请看：
这句话是这样的——Emily Dickinson’s letters to Susan Huntington outnumber her letters to anyone else.
outnumber是整句话的谓语动词。
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是修饰letters的。
这道题是有点儿复杂的。

zhepeking

A中outnumbering 分词短语作状语为什么不可以呢？

evelyn205205

动词由于分词，这是根据GMAT 的简洁原则：
实义名词>v.>adj.>抽象n.>分词或动名词>从句

zhepeking

谢谢evelyn205205，这里的简洁原则我明白，不过本题中原句的逻辑重心在信的时间上，outnumber后面的只是其补充说明的作用，而E选项直接就把句子的逻辑重心改变了，不是说在原句没有明显语法错误的情况下，不要轻易改变其意思么，我想这里的意思也包括其要表达的逻辑重点吧~

但是答案是E，所以我觉得是不是A里面确实有致命的语法错误才导致不能选，而不仅仅是因为表达方式上不如E好

aeoluseros

逻辑上讲，outnumber作为整句的核心是最合适的。but judging from it is demanding and not recommended.
语法上讲，outnumbering离其修饰的成分were written太远，在读到outnumbering的时候我已经confuse它在修饰谁了，语法上已经去就近修饰ending了（ending也是一个动名词）。

zhepeking

谢谢版大，关于分词修饰的问题还是拿捏不好，尤其是该修饰的对象，我再理解理解吧