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小鸢尾

According to United States census data, while there was about one-third of mothers with young children working outside the home in 1975, in 2000, almost two-thirds of those mothers were employed outside the home.
A. while there was about one-third of mothers with young children working outside the home in 1975, in 2000, almost two-thirds of those mothers were employed outside the home
C. in 1975 about one-third of mothers with young children worked outside the home; in 2000, almost two-thirds of such mothers were employed outside the home



个人觉得AC都对。。


求大神解释一下为毛选C。。


thanks!

小鸢尾

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hexin0909

个人觉得while标胶的时候前后句式要平行，therebe 和后面的句子混杂在一起不平行

DUKB24

According to United States census data, while there was about one-third of mothers with young children working outside the home in 1975, in 2000, almost two-thirds of those mothers were employed outside the home.
A. while there was about one-third of mothers with young children working outside the home in 1975, in 2000, almost two-thirds of those mothers were employed outside the home
C. in 1975 about one-third of mothers with young children worked outside the home; in 2000, almost two-thirds of such mothers were employed outside the home



个人觉得AC都对。。


求大神解释一下为毛选C。。


thanks!

-- by 会员 小鸢尾 (2012/9/9 21:10:07)

in A . you get a misplaced modifer (in 2000 is set off by a pair of comma;it can attach either to the former clause or to the latter）grammatically not good （but not the fatal mistake）


you should strip the sentence to get the main skeleton


in A：there are mothers（noun modifier；what is working intended to modify？ we get an ambiguity）；almost two-third of them were employed


here in A，you don't convey the contrast effectively；former just states there are mothers


D：one-third mothers worked outside home；two-third mothers were employed outside home（effective statement，here u get it）