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jianaozhonghua

210.(29708-!-item-!-188;#058&004436)(GWD-12-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.

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, outnumbering

B. Dickinson were written over a period that begins a few years before Susan’s marriage to Emily’s brother andended shortly before Emily’s death in 1886, outnumber

C. 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 1886 and outnumbering

D. 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

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

选E
三个疑问：
1. A里面的outnumbering当成伴随理解不行么？为甚笔记要说是完全没关系的呢？  我觉得就是说，给她写了好多好多信， （伴随状态）超过了所有给别人的信

2. B里面的黑体字被说成是没有主语，不理解

3. DE里面which指代正确是因为which不能指人所以就只能指代letter就灭有歧义了么？

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nemiah

如果是伴随也应该是信的数量outnumbering而不是信，即主句主语应改变

jianaozhonghua

outnumbering这么说的话，如果表示伴随应该有明确的符合逻辑的逻辑主语。懂了

vinbobo

所谓逻辑主语的解释是不对的
outnumber不是数量作主语的，如
a town where men outnumber women four to one

A建议这样理解，从语义上，你说一个事情从什么时候开始到什么时候结束是意义不大的，你看全文可以大致发现，其实应该这句强调的是后面一半。
反之，如果强调时间段，那么补充后面的伴随状语是没有意义的，因为其他部分意义已经很丰满

此外：这题的背景是，这两个女人是妯娌，又是同性恋，所以强调信数量比别人都多

vinbobo

which没有歧义，是因为be written这个动作不可能是人发起的

Outnumber没有主语，是因为主句以及很完整了，没有连词的情况下，不能直接出现这么个动词

nemiah

嗯，同意楼上的意见。伴随状语的问题应该解释为：修饰前面整个句子，而从逻辑上讲第一句的意思和outnumber不符合。

jianaozhonghua

所谓逻辑主语的解释是不对的
outnumber不是数量作主语的，如
a town where men outnumber women four to one

A建议这样理解，从语义上，你说一个事情从什么时候开始到什么时候结束是意义不大的，你看全文可以大致发现，其实应该这句强调的是后面一半。
反之，如果强调时间段，那么补充后面的伴随状语是没有意义的，因为其他部分意义已经很丰满

此外：这题的背景是，这两个女人是妯娌，又是同性恋，所以强调信数量比别人都多

-- by 会员 vinbobo (2011/7/8 9:36:22)

谢谢 两层内容讲的都很好。懂了！