谁能讲一下a part of 和 part of 的区别啊！此题我想选D啊！

Hzhangxueke

The computer company has announcedthat it will purchase the color-printing division of a rival company for $950 million,which is part of a deal that will make it the largest manufacturer in theoffice color-printing market.

(A) million, which is part of adeal that will make

(B) million, a part of a deal thatmakes

(C) million, part of a deal making

(D) million as a part of a deal tomake

(E) million as part of a deal thatwill make

Hzhangxueke

其实CDE我都有困惑

Hzhangxueke

NN们来顶啊，不要沉贴了

Hzhangxueke

求助，再次求助

tiaosheng

我不是牛牛，我也在找这个区别，我搜到了manhattangmat的讲解，贴上来希望对你有些帮助。
Anonymous wrote:

What is the difference between "a part of" and "part of"?

(In this case Answer B vs. Answer C and Answer D vs. Answer E)

Thanks.

Answer:
hmm... that's a good one.

first off, the most important observation you could make: both can be used correctly. neither one is straight-out wrong.

i'm not sure whether there's a clear distinction in their usage - you could try googling; i searched for a few minutes without finding anything definitive - but i came up with the following after taking a bit of mental inventory:

i'd use part of for things that are more abstract in nature, and/or where the divisions between the "parts" aren't quite as clear (confidence, in addition to skill, is part of what's necessary for success in this game), and a part of for clear, literal distinctions in which the parts can be neatly partitioned off (the arm is a part of the human body).

still, that's just what i came up with on the spot, and i wouldn't be surprised if the gmat's official line on the matter differed somewhat from mine.

笨松鼠

这题我也选成D了，看注解觉得说的挺悬乎。。网上说一般是用part of，a part of就是特别强调是整体的一部分的时候用，另外a part of也有“一小部分”的意思
还有我觉得E选项里面把deal解释得很清楚不容易引起误解，所以也比D好吧。

ssw920826

同问~~B选项是不是只错在了时态上？

ssw920826

个人觉得D选项如果是to表示目的的话，那动作的发起者应该是company，就是说，化简了以后应该变成 company... will purchase... to make it....

但是我现在有点搞不懂如果是E的话，make的发起者是the deal 还是 it will purchase这个动作。。。
个人觉得应该是the deal？

jeffery2541

答案是C吗

godhoo

D的a part of我觉得没错啊，是错在to make的逻辑主语上了。
E的part of中的part是个可数名词啊，可数名词可以就没有冠词没有复数地放在那里么？
B的makes可能有争议。但是我想知道B的同位语结构是不是正确的，即用一个抽象名词代替前面的句子，这个语法点很重要啊，B可不可以这么理解啊？

求NN解答这两个问题。