The automotive conveyor-belt system, which Henry Ford modeled after an assembly-line technique introduced by Ransom Olds, reduced from a day and a half to 93 minutes the required time of assembling a Model T.
49. The automotive conveyor-belt system, which Henry Ford modeled after an assembly-line technique introduced by Ransom Olds, reduced from a day and a half to 93 minutes the required time of assembling a Model T.
(A) from a day and a half to 93 minutes the required time of assembling a Model T
(B) the time being required to assemble a Model T, from a day and a half down to 93 minutes
(C) the time being required to assemble a Model T, a day and a half to 93 minutes
(D) the time required to assemble a Model T from a day and a half to 93 minutes
(E) from a day and a half to 93 minutes, the time required for the assembling of a Model T
其实对这个题目的选项是如何选择的已经理解。但是对E中的逗号有一个问题。
og对E的解释中包含一句话: the comma is unnecessary。这是为什么呢? the time required for the assembling of a Model T做的是什么成分呢?是前面时间的同位语吗?为什么不需要逗号?
其实这道题要明白一个点就可以啦,看一下这两句:reduce the time from a day and a half to 93 minutes 和 reduce from a day and a half to 93 minutes, the time...对吧,og说的comma的多余,是由于介词短语的位置awkward导致的,fron介短插入的使用所以才多用了一个comma,而正常来讲我们是直接使用reduce the time from.....就可以了,所以这里还是介词短语位置的awkward的问题,而不是comma的问题,即:reduce the time from.....优于reduce from....,the time