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hylrd

A句尾分词表示伴随显然说不通，表示结果呢？加上因果关系词更清晰一些：因为大多数的书信写于某个时期，其结果是，数量大大的超过了给其他人写的信。（若不是写于这个时期，恐怕没那么多），是这个意思么？E,用非限制性定语从句，可以翻译成并列结构：书信数量大大的超过了给其他人写的信，并且，这些书信写于某个时期。哪个更合适些？A的因果关系是否牵强？

sexbeast

Prospecting for gold during the California gold rush was a relatively easy task, becauseof erosion, prehistoric glacier movement, and ancient, gold-bearingriverbeds thrust to the surface by volcanic activity put gold literallywithin reach for anybody with a pan or shovel.

1. becauseof erosion, prehistoric glacier movement, and ancient, gold-bearingriverbeds thrust to the surface by volcanic activity put gold literallywithin reach for
2. becauseof erosion, prehistoric glacier movement, and volcanic activity thatthrust ancient, gold-bearing riverbeds to the surface, and putting goldliterally within reach of
   
   
   
3. owingto erosion, prehistoric glacier movement, and volcanic activity thathad thrust ancient, gold-bearing riverbeds to the surface, and puttinggold literally within reach of
4. sinceerosion, prehistoric glacier movement, and volcanic activity thatthrust ancient, gold-bearing riverbeds to the surface, putting goldliterally within reach for
   
   
   
5. sinceerosion, prehistoric glacier movement, and ancient, gold-bearingriverbeds thrust to the surface by volcanic activity put gold literallywithin reach of

   Answer:

这道题，我觉得思路是， 每个选项最后的部分。within reach of somebody,在某个人的范围内，是个固定表达。所以淘汰A,D. 另外，句子的后半段是个完整的句子，从“ put gold literallywithin reach of“|中看出来，所以中间的要用连词。所以BC都错。

windweed

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.

1. 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   A 为什么不对
2. 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
3. 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 1886and outnumbering
4. 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
5. 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

这题我左思又想, A 谓语是were written..., numbering 伴随结果  有道理

                           E:  谓语是number 也有道理.

但是,  如果ETS 想表达E 的意思, 不会在主谓之间夹那么一大堆. 想表达的话也会是:

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, Emily Dickinson’s letters to Susan Huntington outnumber her letters to anyone else. 这种表达符合ets的风格.

我还是倾向与A. 接着讨论.

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这题又臭又长,但我还是不死心.

pp_honey

Outnumber 还是坚决选E, 提炼句子中心Emily Dickinson's letters to Susan Huntington Dickinson outnumber her letters to anyone else. (备注：怎么越看越觉得ｅｔｓ在影射这两个girl又不正当的关系呢)

[此贴子已经被作者于2005-1-6 22:58:58编辑过]

skyalan

我所坚持的是A既然没有错误，E就不该改变A的合理重心；这在OG里算大错了

angel_coco

支持选A,outnumbering表伴随结果没有问题，written不用加which were也能理解是修饰letters的呀，不影响句意，因此不够简洁吧，个人理解！

lixunhuan

这道题很恶心.刚开始觉得E不对,因为句子重心变了.但后来发现A的问题更大:逻辑上的错位.

在A中, outnumbering只能做伴随状语或结果状语, (1)outnumber词本省具有结果的意味,不适于表达伴随的状态;(2) 前句Emily Dickinson’s letters to Susan Huntington Dickinson were written over a period .... 只表达了写信这个时间持续了一段时间,和数量无关(比如说若干年里只写了1封信). 如果outnumbering表达结果的状态,其与前句并不匹配.

在E中, (1) which 是一个跳跃性修饰, which were 表达得很清楚被修饰者是letters.这种用法在OG中是有先例的; (2)用which were并不影响简洁性,因为有一个to Susan Huntington Dickinson 隔着, 只用written去修饰不合理; (3) 虽然句子重心一般不易改变,但这只是我们总结的一种规律,并不绝对.要知道, OG中也有若干题是考察怎样合理确定句字逻辑重心的.

应该是E对!

gleaebb

http://www.parispress.org/level02/books/omc.html

这句话的确可以google出来。

Emily Dickinson's Intimate Letters to Susan Huntington Dickinson

Edited by Ellen Louise Hart and Martha Nell Smith

"Dickinson's surviving letters to Susan, which began ardently a few years before Susan's marriage and continued almost until the poet's death in 1886, outnumber her letters to anyone else. After an examination of these cryptic messages, Ellen Louise Hart and Martha Nell Smith have emerged up in arms for Susan.......

虽然刚开始我也是有些怀疑which是不是修饰letter,但还是觉得outnumber是句子的重心.

另外关于outnumber的时态，我想它是强调一个事实，所以仍然可以用现在时。

古镯

以下是引用pp_honey在2005-1-6 22:44:00的发言：
Outnumber 还是坚决选E, 提炼句子中心Emily Dickinson's letters to Susan Huntington Dickinson outnumber her letters to anyone else. (备注：怎么越看越觉得ｅｔｓ在影射这两个girl又不正当的关系呢)

与我心有戚戚焉！

greatvampire

以下是引用gleaebb在2005-2-8 1:04:00的发言：

http://www.parispress.org/level02/books/omc.html

这句话的确可以google出来。

Emily Dickinson's Intimate Letters to Susan Huntington Dickinson

Edited by Ellen Louise Hart and Martha Nell Smith

"Dickinson's surviving letters to Susan, which began ardently a few years before Susan's marriage and continued almost until the poet's death in 1886, outnumber her letters to anyone else. After an examination of these cryptic messages, Ellen Louise Hart and Martha Nell Smith have emerged up in arms for Susan.......

虽然刚开始我也是有些怀疑which是不是修饰letter,但还是觉得outnumber是句子的重心.

另外关于outnumber的时态，我想它是强调一个事实，所以仍然可以用现在时。

gleaebb mm 这都给你google出来了，那我没有理由不支持啦！
做题的时候读着E顺口，看了一眼都选了，都没有注意时态。
看了各NN的激烈讨论，再加上mm的铁证，决定维持原判。