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tony6

1.        In 1791 Robert Carter III, one of the wealthiest plantation owners in Virginia, stunned his family, friends, and neighbors by filing a deed of emancipation, setting free the more than 500 slaves who were legally considered his property.

(A) setting free the more than 500 slaves who were legally considered

(B) setting free more than the 500 slaves legally considered as

(C) and set free more than 500 slaves, who were legally considered as

(D) and set free more than the 500 slaves who were legally considered（A）

(E) and he set free the more than 500 slaves who were legally considered as

OG上的解释： In choices B and D the misconstructed phrases set[ting] free more than the 500 slaves... mistakenly suggest that Carter set free slaves that were not his own.

这句看不明白

J大侠的注解中说：注意 the more than 500 slaves who和more than the 500 slaves who 的区别。

不知是不是脑子木掉了，知道两种表述方式不同，但是讲不出怎么不同来，请教大家。

谢谢。

[此贴子已经被作者于2004-7-18 18:10:42编辑过]

rhod

This sentence requires that the participial phrase setting free... connect to the gerund construction by filing a deed...; it was the filing of a deed that made possible the setting free.... Choices A and B establish this connection, but only A, the best choice, completes the participial phrase appropriately. In choices B and D the misconstructed phrases set[ting] free more than the 500 slaves... mistakenly suggest that Carter set free slaves that were not his own. Choices C and D distort meaning by paralleling stunned and set free, as though these were two separate and independent actions. E begins a second independent clause, which—though grammatically acceptable—again distorts the meaning. In choices B, C, and E, considered as is unidiomatic.

tony6

以下是引用rhod在2004-7-18 17:19:00的发言：

This sentence requires that the participial phrase setting free... connect to the gerund construction by filing a deed...; it was the filing of a deed that made possible the setting free.... Choices A and B establish this connection, but only A, the best choice, completes the participial phrase appropriately. In choices B and D the misconstructed phrases set[ting] free more than the 500 slaves... mistakenly suggest that Carter set free slaves that were not his own. Choices C and D distort meaning by paralleling stunned and set free, as though these were two separate and independent actions. E begins a second independent clause, which—though grammatically acceptable—again distorts the meaning. In choices B, C, and E, considered as is unidiomatic.

就是这句看不懂呀，RHOD，能给讲一下吗？

[此贴子已经被作者于2004-7-18 18:11:27编辑过]

rt316

定冠词the是起限定作用的，set free more than the 500 slaves ... 句中the 500 slaves legally considered his property是一个完整的结构，因为the做了限定，而set free的是这500个(属于其个人财产)以外的其他slaves；而A中set free the more than 500 slaves legally considered his property中the限定的部分包括了more than，于是，set free的对象就是the后的内容；

set free slaves more than the 500 slaves legally considered his property和set free the more than 500 slaves legally considered his property，这道题可能在前一句set free后补出slaves，句子的结构可能会看得更清楚。

tony6

太清楚了！谢谢石头G，辛苦了。