GWD-23-Q20求解答~~

IVY7W

After several years of rapid growth, the healthy care company became one of the largest health care providers in the metropolitan area, while it then proved unable to handle the increase in business, falling months behind in its payment to doctors and hospitals.

A.      while it then proved unable to handle the increase in business, falling months behind in its payment to

B.       while it then proved unable to handle the increase in business and fell months behind in its payment to

C.      but then it proved unable to handle the increase in business, falling months behind in its paying

D.      but then proving unable to handle the increase in business, falling months behind in paying

E.       but then proved unable to handle the increase in business, falling months behind in paying

这题我选的B。
我觉得E中falling不是很好，因为分词不是表示伴随或者结果吗？表示结果的话逻辑不通吧，应该是fall了然后证明是不能handle；要是伴随的话不就是应该伴随的是became but proved了吗？？但是逻辑上不应该是伴随proved吗？？求解答！！
为什么不对呢？？还有while不是有表示转折让步的含义吗？？？顺便请问while的用法。NN们拜托拜托~~

云游

总的来说，我觉得这个句子poorly written..
转折和让步，两个意思不一样的，一个是“尽管”一个是“但是”。
Falling伴随prove吧，这里有什么问题吗？

lxskyfly

云游 发表于 2013-9-11 16:50
总的来说，我觉得这个句子poorly written..
转折和让步，两个意思不一样的，一个是“尽管”一个是“但是” ...

云游亲，这道题的E but then后面不用加it吗？but不是应该同and一样对待吗？confused~

云游

lxskyfly 发表于 2013-9-11 17:05
云游亲，这道题的E but then后面不用加it吗？but不是应该同and一样对待吗？confused~ ...

company became and prove....proved是和became平行的，所以应该没问题。
总体而言，我不觉得这个句子会在GMAT正式考试出现，comma+连词总感觉非主流，让人误以为proved是分词~
GMAT就是瘸子里选将军的活，也不用太纠结一些所谓的语法点。大方向上把握好么主谓一致，平行，把握好逻辑意思，这些就足够应付绝大部分题目了~

lxskyfly

云游 发表于 2013-9-11 17:22
company became and prove....proved是和became平行的，所以应该没问题。
总体而言，我不觉得这个句子会在 ...

因为曼哈顿里讲过and：
He drunk the juice, and ate the bread.
类似这种comma+and省略主语是错的，所以我一下就秒排了E。。。因为意思上貌似没差别。
不过语法点是不用太纠结~谢谢亲！

IVY7W

我是可以明白E啦，就是觉得B让步也可以说得通啊，尽管proved，它还是最大之一。
分词到底是作什么的状语啊？就是撇开这个题目来说，是作主句的呢，还是从句 ？

DUKB24

云游 发表于 2013-9-11 16:50
总的来说，我觉得这个句子poorly written..
转折和让步，两个意思不一样的，一个是“尽管”一个是“但是” ...

but I think the correct answer is perfect one

comma+ving just “ gives further details about the preceding clauses”

云游

DUKB24 发表于 2013-9-12 23:35
but I think the correct answer is perfect one

comma+ving just “ gives further details about the  ...

Hi Duke,

I totally agree with you that "comma+ving" can modify the proceeding clause. But my concern is related to  "comma+conjunction(but)" but not  "comma+Ving"~
Don't you think "healthy care company became..., but then proved..." common in formal English language?
Kindly correct me if I were wrong.

Thanks in advance.

DUKB24

云游 发表于 2013-9-13 09:25
Hi Duke,

I totally agree with you that "comma+ving" can modify the proceeding clause. But my con ...

sorry, I just got your question wrong

it is a rule of thumb that when you see a structure such as "comma+ conjunction"
under most circumstances, you cannot omit the subject in the following clause

but here you should know once again that how you should prioritize each mistake in terms of magnitude

the split between C and E is "paying" vs "payment"  and, of course, the omission of it

the core rule of GMAT SC is precise, concision and umambiguity.

so, when u omit "it" in choice E, you can still understand the clause quite well because there is only one potentially correct subject

But the change from"payment" to "paying" in C just clearly violates the rule stated in Manhattan SC guide

I admit that correct choice E is relatively better choice. ( according to a vast majority of correct answers given by the official examples, "it" should have existed in choice "E")

However, what you can learn from this question is that when the subject is clear enough, it is not a "fatal mistake" to omit the subject in the following clause. (just look through the whole sentence in all choices before making your decisions)

THX

云游

DUKB24 发表于 2013-9-13 10:09
sorry, I just got your question wrong

it is a rule of thumb that when you see a structure such as ...

Hi Duke,

Thank you for your fast and thorough analysis on this question, I've learned a lot.

Plus, I've read closely  several articles posted in economics and WSJ this morning, trying to figure out whether the use "comma+conjunction+predicate" is acceptable in standard English, and it turned out that this usage does exist in certain scale, usually with an emphasis tone,  though it is not so favorable in GMAT grammar.

So I assume that, as you have also pointed out, "comma+conjunction+predicate" is generally appropriate.

Thank you again.