OG-12 语法26题

高大志

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. counumbering
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

解释上说，本句话重点是“E给S写的信，比给其他人写的都多”，这是怎么判断的呢？为什么重点不是写信时间跨度呢？
求解释……

小伊YSY

这个~我当时做的时候，就只是觉得是我写的话，我也会觉得比给其他人写得多是重点

lz试试用中文，用自己的角度想想吧，想成如果是自己的话，会怎么说这句话，而不是把选项列出来斟酌。

另外，我觉得后半句会是重点，可能有比较的原因吧，将这句话的时候，有突出S的重要性的感觉。

banboshuying

很长的一段只是修饰语，即 “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” 修饰 letters，句子重心是：E D 给 SH 写的信 比给别人写的多。

当然，你也可以把重心放在 写信周期上，只是 outnumbering... 修饰 letters 应该就近修饰。A 选项的距离远了点。

高大志

谢谢楼上两位～
我今天又想了想，觉得貌似可以这样理解：
letters是主语，句子中涉及到的动作有were written和outnumbering，这两个动作都是描述主语的，一般会用and连接构造平行结构。
但答案中没有这项，于是表明其中一个动词是从句中的，一个是主语动词。
而outnumbering用-ing分词形式会造成歧义（-ing分词短语常用语修饰前面句子），所以判断outnumber是主句动词。
然后，句子主要结构就清晰了……