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mianmian

       Rising inventories, when unaccompanied correspondingly by increases in sales, can lead to production cutbacks that would hamper economic growth.

(A) when unaccompanied correspondingly by increases in sales, can lead

(B) when not accompanied by corresponding increases in sales, possibly leads

(C) when they were unaccompanied by corresponding sales increases, can lead

(D) if not accompanied by correspondingly increased sales, possibly leads（E）

(E) if not accompanied by corresponding increases in sales, can lead

B 为什么不可以呢？ “当……时，则可能导致……” 好像也没问题嘛。请问为何一定要选e？谢谢！

leeon

B错在possibly leads。

rhod

Possibly改变了句意，一般应该保留情态动词。

leads和inventories主谓不一致.

mianmian

以下是引用rhod在2004-7-23 20:20:00的发言：

Possibly改变了句意，一般应该保留情态动词。

leads和inventories主谓不一致.

Thanks!!! I can understand the part highlighted with yellow background. But I cannot figure out why the "possibly" changes the original meaning of this sentence. Can you help me with it? Thank you!!!

rhod

possibly表示概率上的可能，can表示能力上的能够。两者强调的重点不一样，从中文上讲，可能不等于能够。

mianmian

谢谢！ 但是…… （不要嫌我罗索阿~）这道题的意思为什么不可以是说：（在概率上）很有可能会导致什么什么，这个地方can 就算表示能够，也不是说就一定导致阿，所以好像还是表猜测嘛。

mianmian

……这个……

rhod

这道题的意思为什么不可以是说：（在概率上）很有可能会导致什么什么，

首先应该考虑遵从原文，即原项A的意思，所以保留A的情态动词。

这个地方can 就算表示能够，也不是说就一定导致阿，所以好像还是表猜测嘛

mm没有准确理解can这个词的语义。仔细考虑一下两个例句，

He is possibly the richest man in the world.

He can be the richest man in the world.

这两个例句的意思是截然不同的，can be和possibly之间不能替换。

mianmian

Thanks! I get to know the difference.

Great understanding and explanation! Benefit a lot~

orchider

同意：Possibly改变了句意，一般应该保留情态动词

不同意：leads和inventories主谓不一致

因为：主语是“Rising inventories"而不是“ inventories”