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Q31:

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.

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

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

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

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

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

tianwan

Now I am in favor of E. The sense of A is hard to understand. though A doesn't violate any grammar rule.

wanze

a?

mumuwa

这个题我觉得有必要探讨一下，这个题的BCD有明显的句子结构问题，主要看A还是E，偶开始也选的A，看到tianwan提示，我又觉得E对，后来想想，A还是有合理性的。

A's letters to B were written over a period（开始到结束好长好长的时间，一直到死前啊） 。。。, outnumbering her letters to anyone else.

outnumbering 的功能，在白勇的书里，-ING分词短语在句未：1）伴随动作、状态和功能，与句子谓语动作同时发生，逻辑主语等于句子主语；2）伴随结果，整个句子是原因，到时分词动作产生，无逻辑主语。

这样，可不可以这样理解，前半句（主句）在讲这个爱美丽同志的信写了N年的时间（可能与她写其他信不大一样），所以造成了给这同一个收信人的信的数量大大超过了给其他GG的？

关于这个伴随的用法，OG里有一例，大家体会一下，能不能算A对？

259. Five fledgling sea eagles left their nests in western Scotland this summer, bringing to 34 the number of wild birds successfully raised since transplants from Norway began in 1975.

(A) bringing

(B) and brings

(C) and it brings

(D) and it brought（A）

(E) and brought

Choice A is best. The “-ing” (present participle) form introduces action that is simultaneous with the action of the main clause; i.e., bringing indicates that the number of wild birds became 34 when the sea eagles left their nests.

可是如果原题中A对了，又怎么去推翻E呢？好为难啊～

[此贴子已经被作者于2004-6-28 19:46:13编辑过]

tianwan

A的主句是系表结构，mumuwa的例子里的主句是动宾结构。所以本题和mumuwa的例子是2回事。

outnumbering是伴随动作还是结果？A的系表结构导致了无法判定outnumbering的意义。

所以只有E是对的。

remarks expecting......

mumuwa

可是这是一个被动语态，不是纯粹的系表，我觉得好像有动作在里面的～ 越来越觉得理亏的说～

tulipmontreal

穆穆注意句子中心, 这个句子的主干是说Emily Dickinson’s letters to Susan Huntington outnumber her letters to anyone else, 而伴随结构是从属结构所以E正确,而且非常清晰! 请看下面例子:

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.

rhod

查了OG里的几个和分词作状语有关的题目，没有发现有用被动语态的。而且，choice A这样的结构的确奇怪。

所以，我觉得tianwan的说法要修正一下，不是因为系表结构，而是因为被动结构用分词作状语意思太怪了。

kingsoft

    系表结构就不能用分词表伴随吗??不是很明白，斑竹可有证明？？

    即使不能表示伴随动作，也可以表示伴随结果。那就无所谓系表结构了啊？？

    我还有个问题：A中的分词beginning...and ending...修饰a period，可以这样用吗？？

   

   

tianwan

nod，nod。sorry, 我说错了，是被动式。被动式用现在分词伴随或结果状语意思比较怪。这一句用结果肯定意思不能理解，要是伴随，也不对。

不是系表，我给拧了。不过be型系表结构一般也是是不带分词结果和伴随状语的。be性系表结构一般是指状态，不是动作。