[求助]GWD-10-16

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以下是引用Zspirit在2008/8/18 2:03:00的发言：

根据原句的意思，个人认为这道题的思路应该为：
首先考虑Logical Structure，即句首的分词digging与主语的逻辑关系，这样排除ABC
其次考虑Agreement，E中的what appear确实是个硬伤，所以E被排除
这样，仅从语法的角度上，答案选D没问题。

但是，按照OG的方法，再将D选项放回原句看整句话的语义，就会产生明显的问题：(借用一下杨鹏难句中的符号)
paleontologists
  have found
  huge fossil bones / from what appears to be the second most massive dinosaur that ever lived /
整句话的意思就变成了：考古学家从某种恐龙发现了化石（对比NYTimes的原句意思——考古学家发现了某种恐龙的化石）
整个语义完全不符合逻辑！这里from what appears to be the second most massive dinosaur that ever lived是用来修饰bones，整句话的意思是考古学家发现了fossil bones，这种fossil bones是来自于。。。

有前辈在前面的帖提到这句话可以理解为：
paleontologists
  have found
  huge fossil bones  (from what appears to be the second most massive dinosaur that ever lived )。
我想这是在知道了句子的语义之后进行的语法分析。OG中说需要再将选项放回原句检查，其最终目的是要保证语法能够准确表达语义，而不是由语义来分析验证语法的使用。故认为选项D从语义分析上不合理。

所以，这道题仅从语法上分析，确实应该选D；但如果考虑到语义，这道题本身就有问题。
个人浅见，可能要贻笑大方了～

既然要考G，就不要怀疑GMAT这个考试的权威性，所有解题思路都要往考试的方向靠，不要浪费时间在怀疑题目的正确与否上面

个人意见，仅供参考

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GWD-10-Q16

While digging in the Egyptian desert, huge fossil bones have been found by paleontologists, which appears to have been the second most massive dinosaur that ever lived.



A.huge fossil bones have been found by paleontologists, which appears to have been（huge fossils bones不是digging的逻辑主语；which逻辑上指代bones，但语法上指代paleontologists，错；have been时态错，且bone来自恐龙，应该加个from）

B.huge fossil bones have been found by paleontologists, which appear to be from（huge fossils bones不是digging的逻辑主语；which逻辑上指代bones，但语法上指代paleontologists，错）

C.it appears that paleontologists have found huge fossil bones that are from（it不是digging的逻辑主语也不是正确的形式主语，it appears that很少用；比“bones that are from”更简洁的是直接“bones from”）

D.paleontologists have found huge fossil bones from what（=sth that）appears to be(即指在挖掘埃及沙漠时，考古学家已经发现了巨型骨骼化石，他们似乎是属于第二大恐龙的；what=sth that指代the second most massive dinosaur单数，所以是appears)

E.paleontologists have found huge fossil bones, which are from what appear to be（which are多余；appear应为单数appears）