求教OG13--65

gui59106375

65. (新题)Digging in sediments in northern China, evidence has

been gathered by scientists suggesting that complex

life-forms emerged much earlier than they had

previously thought.

(A) evidence has been gathered by scientists

suggesting that complex life-forms emerged

much earlier than they had

(B) evidence gathered by scientists suggests a

much earlier emergence of complex life-forms

than had been

(C) scientists have gathered evidence suggesting

that complex life-forms emerged much earlier

than

(D) scientists have gathered evidence that suggests

a much earlier emergence of complex life-forms

than that which was

(E) scientists have gathered evidence which

suggests a much earlier emergence of complex

life-forms than that

正确答案是C没什么问题，但是OG上说A项
Furthermore,the dependent clause startingwith suggesting
may be construed with either the evidence
or the scientists, which makes this version
unnecessarily ambiguous.
但是A项中主句已经是完成时，suggesting只能是scientists的定语啊，为什么OG还这么说呢？

gui59106375

求助啊

nikizy

我的个人理解如下：原句可以补充成evidence which has been gathered by scientists suggesting, 如果这样的话这个suggesting的确是混淆的，因为既可以做evidence的定语 又可就近做scientists的定语。究其原因就是如果按A的写法，属于一个非限制性定语从句，A中的which既然可以省略，则定语suggesting就没有特定的修饰对象，既可以是evidence又可是scientists。所以OG应该是正确的。 再啰嗦一下，GMAT考试中最最忌讳的就是从句+谓语+从句的形式，选择A的话明显就是违背了GMAT SC考试的原则。所以不用纠结哈。

superbat28

而且，要区分开句子语法正确性和逻辑正确性，GMAT SC看重的是句子在保证逻辑正确的情况下，语法正确且句子简练。

也就是说，这道题的A，从语法上的正确性上看，suggesting是修饰scientists并没有问题；但是从逻辑正确性上看，suggesting理应修饰的是evidence(只有它才能suggest)，因此会存在混淆歧义。

gui59106375

我的个人理解如下：原句可以补充成evidence which has been gathered by scientists suggesting, 如果这样的话这个suggesting的确是混淆的，因为既可以做evidence的定语 又可就近做scientists的定语。究其原因就是如果按A的写法，属于一个非限制性定语从句，A中的which既然可以省略，则定语suggesting就没有特定的修饰对象，既可以是evidence又可是scientists。所以OG应该是正确的。 再啰嗦一下，GMAT考试中最最忌讳的就是从句+谓语+从句的形式，选择A的话明显就是违背了GMAT SC考试的原则。所以不用纠结哈。

-- by 会员 nikizy (2012/6/19 16:23:39)

看了superbat的回复，明白了，原句说evidence has been gathered，就说明已经完成了，所以suggesting就不可能做evidence的伴随（prep08上说的完成时不能伴随），不过还是谢谢你啦

gui59106375

而且，要区分开句子语法正确性和逻辑正确性，GMAT SC看重的是句子在保证逻辑正确的情况下，语法正确且句子简练。

也就是说，这道题的A，从语法上的正确性上看，suggesting是修饰scientists并没有问题；但是从逻辑正确性上看，suggesting理应修饰的是evidence(只有它才能suggest)，因此会存在混淆歧义。

-- by 会员 superbat28 (2012/6/19 16:58:29)

茅塞顿开，谢啦
还有一题求教http://forum.chasedream.com/GMAT_SC/thread-728372-1-1.html，拜托啦

琛angela

还想问一下这道题的C
(C) scientists have gathered evidence suggesting



that complex life-forms emerged much earlier



than


这里的比较对象对等么？

求NN指点啊~

superbat28

还想问一下这道题的C
(C) scientists have gathered evidence suggesting



that complex life-forms emerged much earlier



than


这里的比较对象对等么？

求NN指点啊~

-- by 会员 琛angela (2012/7/15 21:28:26)

你可以把这个情况当成 比较情形 的一个特殊情况来记。 它更等同于【同一事物在不同时期不同状态的比较】


Something is much earlier/ easier than sb. previously believed/ thought. 这是一种约定俗成的比较表达方式。

gui59106375

还想问一下这道题的C
(C) scientists have gathered evidence suggesting



that complex life-forms emerged much earlier



than


这里的比较对象对等么？

求NN指点啊~

-- by 会员 琛angela (2012/7/15 21:28:26)

你可以把这个情况当成 比较情形 的一个特殊情况来记。 它更等同于【同一事物在不同时期不同状态的比较】


Something is much earlier/ easier than sb. previously believed/ thought. 这是一种约定俗成的比较表达方式。

-- by 会员 superbat28 (2012/7/16 12:00:23)

这道题里最后将they省略，有什么原则可循吗，谢啦bat大大

weh232

弱弱地问下，C选项的suggesting就近修饰evidence，能改成suggested吗，因为前面是现在完成时