OG 144

tianwan

144. Efforts to equalize the funds available to school districts, a major goal of education reformers and many states in the 1970’s, has not significantly reduced the gaps existing between the richest and poorest districts.

(A) has not significantly reduced the gaps existing

(B) has not been significant in reducing the gap that exists

(C) has not made a significant reduction in the gap that exists

(D) have not significantly reduced the gap that exists（D）

(E) have not been significant in a reduction of the gaps existing

In A, B, and C, the singular auxiliary verb has does not agree with the plural subject of the sentence, Efforts. In addition, B and C are wordy; significantly reduced will suffice here. Choice E uses a similarly wordy expression that changes the meaning of the sentence, stating not that the efforts have significantly reduced the gap but that they failed to play a significant role in some already-existing reduction of several gaps. Choice D, the best answer, is grammatically correct, clear, and concise.

黑体字的意思是不是反了？

JerryGuan

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Choice E uses a similarly wordy expression that changes the meaning of the sentence, stating not that the efforts have significantly reduced the gap but that they failed to play a significant role in some already-existing reduction of several gaps. Choice D, the best answer, is grammatically correct, clear, and concise.

仔细看了后，发现是有问题，应该是：

Choice E uses a similarly wordy expression that changes the meaning of the sentence, stating not that the efforts have not significantly reduced the gap but that they failed to play a significant role in some already-existing reduction of several gaps. Choice D, the best answer, is grammatically correct, clear, and concise.

babypace

ETS没有说错。tianwan再读读。ETS说的是“并不是努力显著缩小了差距not that rhe efforts have significantly reduced the gap，but ----" 是not ---, but----的句式。

rt316

In A, B, and C, the singular auxiliary verb has does not agree with the plural subject of the sentence, Efforts. In addition, B and C are wordy; significantly reduced will suffice here. Choice E uses a similarly wordy expression that changes the meaning of the sentence, stating not that the efforts have significantly reduced the gap but that they failed to play a significant role in some already-existing reduction of several gaps. Choice D, the best answer, is grammatically correct, clear, and concise.

You disregard the word 'not'.

tulipmontreal

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tianwan

以下是引用stoneren在2004-6-9 19:46:00的发言：

In A, B, and C, the singular auxiliary verb has does not agree with the plural subject of the sentence, Efforts. In addition, B and C are wordy; significantly reduced will suffice here. Choice E uses a similarly wordy expression that changes the meaning of the sentence, stating not that the efforts have significantly reduced the gap but that they failed to play a significant role in some already-existing reduction of several gaps. Choice D, the best answer, is grammatically correct, clear, and concise.

You disregard the word 'not'.

谢谢各位NN的回复，但是我没觉得我的理解错：not that...but that...是个多义词组。

1，固定用法：not that...but that...=not because....but because

Not that I don't like the film, but that I have no time for it.

2, not that... but that中的that是not...but... 后接的从句，that不是because的意思。本题的that是宾语从句的先行词。

stating not that the efforts have significantly reduced the gap but that they failed to play a significant role in some already-existing reduction of several gaps.

应该是stating not that the efforts have not significantly reduced the gap but that they failed to play a significant role in some already-existing reduction of several gaps。 即：不是表达了the efforts have not significantly reduced the gap ，而是表达了they failed to play a significant role in some already-existing reduction of several gaps。

而ETS解释的意思反了。请指正。

maotian

tianwan的看法是对的，我觉得。

babypace

stating not that A, but that B。I consider that the contents after first "that" is a whole "thing"--->A. A should be "the efforts have significantly reduced the gap", which should be demonstrated in Choice E. However, Choice E misinterpreted the meaning by using "B", which is a significant role in some already-existing reduction of several gaps.

your explanation is "stating not that ~A, but that B。 "not" is already a sign of negative.

I'm not that the person has great impact on business, but that the person played a significant role in doing business.

I'm not that the person has not great impact on business, but that the person played a significant role in doing business.

How do u think about above sentences?

rt316

以下是引用tianwan在2004-6-9 23:59:00的发言：

谢谢各位NN的回复，但是我没觉得我的理解错：not that...but that...是个多义词组。

1，固定用法：not that...but that...=not because....but because

Not that I don't like the film, but that I have no time for it.

2, not that... but that中的that是not...but... 后接的从句，that不是because的意思。本题的that是宾语从句的先行词。

stating not that the efforts have significantly reduced the gap but that they failed to play a significant role in some already-existing reduction of several gaps.

应该是stating not that the efforts have not significantly reduced the gap but that they failed to play a significant role in some already-existing reduction of several gaps。 即：不是表达了the efforts have not significantly reduced the gap ，而是表达了they failed to play a significant role in some already-existing reduction of several gaps。

而ETS解释的意思反了。请指正。

首先，你加黑体的部分是这个题目正确答案真正想表达的意思。

Choice E uses a similarly wordy expression that changes the meaning of the sentence(选项E用了相似的罗嗦表达，而这种表达改变了句子的意思), stating not that the efforts have significantly reduced the gap([E]表达的不是the efforts大大地缩小了差距)but that they failed to play a significant role in some already-existing reduction of several gaps(而是: they[指the efforts]没有在已经缩小的差距的过程中起到重要作用).

红线部分为正确答案应该要表达的意思，兰线部分是E所表达的意思。

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RachelWang80

以下是引用babypace在2004-6-9 10:33:00的发言：
ETS没有说错。tianwan再读读。ETS说的是“并不是努力显著缩小了差距not that rhe efforts have significantly reduced the gap，but ----" 是not ---, but----的句式。

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