Prep 192 求解！

cherryfish1209

192.
In 1988, the Council on Economic Priorities began publishing Shopping for a Better World, with the simple thesis of consumers having the power to change companies by the simple expedient of refusing to buy.
A. with the simple thesis of consumers having
B. which had the simple thesis of consumers having
C. where the thesis was simple: consumers having
D. with a thesis that is a simple one: consumers have
E. whose thesis was simple: consumers have

答案是E，可是whose在a Better World后面，不是应该修饰a better world吗？求解啊~
另外是不是GMAC不喜欢所有with的用法呢~貌似遇到的with选项都是错误的

MICKEYWJ

Shopping for a Better World  is the book name, therefore whose thesis means the book's thesis.

I also got a feeling that the phrase of "with", especially complicated one, is not prefered in Gmat, personal opinion.

DUKB24

MICKEYWJ 发表于 2014-5-16 13:25
Shopping for a Better World  is the book name, therefore whose thesis means the book's thesis.

I a ...

well，I don't think so

“with” choices are  frequently eliminated because of other errors

there is not such preference

be cautious to study SC's rule

MICKEYWJ

thanks, Dukb24, so you mean With phrase is elimiated because of the nature of later part ,
if I change it to :
.....Shopping for a Better World with a simple thesis-- consumers have the power to change, will it be a right answer ?

cherryfish1209

MICKEYWJ 发表于 2014-5-16 13:25
Shopping for a Better World  is the book name, therefore whose thesis means the book's thesis.

I a ...

Got it, thanks!

alzn2765

MICKEYWJ 发表于 2014-5-17 23:07
thanks, Dukb24, so you mean With phrase is elimiated because of the nature of later part ,
if I cha ...

你这么理解就错了！正好不偏不倚掉到GMAC挖的坑里。
In 1988, the Council on Economic Priorities began publishing Shopping for a Better World with a simple thesis-- consumers have the power to change
这么改完with a simple thesis的“逻辑主语”就变成“ the Council”,不是the Council有这么一个simple thesis，而是这本书有这么一个simple thesis。
所以选E, whose thesis was simple。这里whose指代的是 Shopping for a Better World这本书。
翻译为：1988年经济优先协会开始发行《Shopping for a Better World》，这本书的论点很简单：...

所以，这道题只能用whose，只要用with的都错，因为改变了逻辑意思。

MICKEYWJ

alzn2765 发表于 2014-5-21 09:45
你这么理解就错了！正好不偏不倚掉到GMAC挖的坑里。
In 1988, the Council on Economic Priorities began ...

In 1988, the Council on Economic Priorities began publishing Shopping for a Better World with a simple thesis-- consumers have the power to change.

please note, in above sentence, with a simple thesis is the preposition modifier that modifies
SHOPPING FOR A BETTER WORLD.  
if I  add a ， before with a simple thesis, then you can understand that it is adverb modifer, and the logic subject is  THE COUNCIL.   
I think the preposition phrase is quite flexible, could be adjective, adverb, depending where you put it.

alzn2765

MICKEYWJ 发表于 2014-5-24 13:18
In 1988, the Council on Economic Priorities began publishing Shopping for a Better World with a si ...

不是很认同你的观点，你只说了：这个是介词，那个是副词，但是没有原因，也没有举例。这样只能说是你个人的理解。
你说,with sth才能是副词是吧？请看下面的句子：
I send her back home with a good wish.
I dumped my girlfriend with compunction.
I say goodbye to you with a kiss.
没有任何一个有逗号在with之前，请问哪个with修饰了前面的名词？哪一个with a good wish/ compunction/ a kiss不是主语I 发出的？

MICKEYWJ

Thanks, sounds true.  Most with phrase is adverbal,

when I say " Better World with a simple thesis, I meant to let with a simple thesis to modify the book placed in fornt of it.  Maybe you would understand that it is modify the verb.

in any case, true, prepositional phrase is used a lot as adverbal..

and it has exception, so not so surprised..

Are you with me now ?   WITH ME here is the predicate.