OG Diagnostic Test Verbal #39关于逗号,AND结构求解释

avernus

According to scholars, the earliest writing was probably not a direct rendering of speech, but was more likely to begin as a separate and distinct symbolic system of communication, and only later merged with spoken language.
(A) was more likely to begin as
(B) more than likely began as
(C) more than likely beginning from
(D) it was more than likely begun from
(E) it was more likely that it began

Idiom + Verb form
This sentence is a comparison in which probably not x is balanced by but more than likely y. When more is used in the comparative form of an adjective (more difficult) or adverb (more likely), it is followed by than. The words used to show the comparison between x and y, but more than likely, must also introduce the correct verb form, allowing y to fit grammatically into the rest of the sentence. The subject of the sentence has three verbs, all of which should be parallel: the earliest writing was...began...merged. Was...to begin is not parallel and results in a construction that is not grammatically correct.

A In this context, more likely is not a complete idiomatic expression; was...to begin is not parallel to was and merged.

B Correct. In this sentence, more than likely is the correct comparative construction, the simple past tense began, parallel to was and merged, fits grammatically into the sentence.

C Subject should be followed by three verbs; beginning from is not a verb.

D Use of the pronoun it makes this construction a main cluase, in which case the comma after communication must be omitted and began must be used to be parallel to merged; was...begun is not he correct tense.

E In this awkward, unclear, and wordy construction, the first it must be followed by is, not was, because the theory is current; the second it acts as the subject of the subordinate clause, and this usage requires the omission of the comma after communication.





在D，E选项中关于OG的解释不理解，为什么要删去逗号？麻烦大家不吝赐教~~谢谢~~

Sakana☆

答案的意思是，more than likely是习语，必须连在一起
（其实知道这一点基本题目就做出来了……-___-）

句子结构：
the earliest writing was probably not a direct rendering of speech, but （was）more than likely began as  a separate and distinct symbolic system of communication, and only later （was）merged with spoken language.
全句3个be动词并列，后面两个was省略
如果DE的话，只有后面两个动词并列就不能加逗号

avernus

答案的意思是，more than likely是习语，必须连在一起
（其实知道这一点基本题目就做出来了……-___-）

句子结构：
the earliest writing was probably not a direct rendering of speech, but （was）more than likely began as  a separate and distinct symbolic system of communication, and only later （was）merged with spoken language.
全句3个be动词并列，后面两个was省略
如果DE的话，只有后面两个动词并列就不能加逗号

-- by 会员 Sakana☆ (2011/3/5 18:33:56)

be merged with貌似是被合并的意思，不合理吧……这里应该是writing 与spoken language合并的意思吧，不用被动，was began也不对吧……而且如果DE得话虽然是动词并列，但中间有and啊，Verb,and verb应该是正确的，但是OG却说不要逗号……不解

Sakana☆

答案的意思是，more than likely是习语，必须连在一起
（其实知道这一点基本题目就做出来了……-___-）

句子结构：
the earliest writing was probably not a direct rendering of speech, but （was）more than likely began as  a separate and distinct symbolic system of communication, and only later （was）merged with spoken language.
全句3个be动词并列，后面两个was省略
如果DE的话，只有后面两个动词并列就不能加逗号

-- by 会员 Sakana☆ (2011/3/5 18:33:56)

be merged with貌似是被合并的意思，不合理吧……这里应该是writing 与spoken language合并的意思吧，不用被动，was began也不对吧……而且如果DE得话虽然是动词并列，但中间有and啊，Verb,and verb应该是正确的，但是OG却说不要逗号……不解

-- by 会员 avernus (2011/3/5 19:59:30)

啊我脑抽了第二个was显然不对的- -对不起……
最后一个貌似省略was也有点不对貌似…
果然还是水平不够啊OTL

但是我确实觉得verb, and verb确实很怪啊…为什么不直接and呢

avernus

客气，大家都是学习过程嘛~~UP

avernus

http://forum.chasedream.com/GMAT_SC/thread-2906-1-1.html?SearchText=%E5%8F%A5%E5%AD%90%E5%B9%B6%E5%88%97

刚做题时查到这个帖子

根据OG, 两个分别有独立主谓结构的并列句子中间用and连接, and前必须有逗号. 没有必错.

-- by 会员 mindfree (2003/4/25 22:21:00)

欢迎大家讨论

avernus

UP

avernus

又看到这道题了，还是不懂DE项为什么要删去逗号，句子1，AND句子2  应该是对的啊......求解！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！

miyavili

求解
为什么a不对。。。was more likely to begin as ＝ be more likely to do sth 有什么问题吗？
而且b中 probably not x is balanced by but more than likely y. x、y难道不需要平行吗？b明显不平行。。

jaze

求解
为什么a不对。。。was more likely to begin as ＝ be more likely to do sth 有什么问题吗？
而且b中 probably not x is balanced by but more than likely y. x、y难道不需要平行吗？b明显不平行。。

-- by 会员 miyavili (2011/5/10 18:53:45)

for 1)   有问题， 因为这里就不该用be likely to do sth这个结构
for 2)   excerpt from OG12 p96  The words used to show the comparison between x and y, but more than likely,
          must also introduce the correct verb form, allowing y to fit grammatically into the rest of the sentence.
          也就是说 x= a direct rendering of speech，  y = a separate and distinct symbolic system of communication
          这个是平行的， 而 was， began， merged， 也是平行的哈