(A) That twenty-one ceramic dog figurines were discovered during the excavating of a 1,000-year-old Hohokam village in Tempe, Arizona, has nearly doubled the number of these artifacts known to exist. (A)的主语冗长, 不如(E)的简洁; 可以把noun clause "that.......discovered" 看成主语, 亦或" that....Arizona"看成主语 另外, the excaving虽是动名词, 然则有ongoing的意味, 比较the excavation表状态...... 当然不是说(A)的noun clause不可当主语, 只是在比较(A)(E), 简略地提出一个概念词the discovery表达更简洁.... |