【求助】Prep2012-Pack1-SC-058 VSC002715

葵connie

The Scandinavian assault on Western Europe culminated in the early eleventh century with the Danish conquest of the English kingdom, which other Scandinavian kings attempted to repeat, unsuccessfully later in the same century.

A. which other Scandinavian kings attempted to repeat, unsuccessfully, later in the same century
B. which other Scandinavian kings attempted to repeat later that same century, but not successfully
C. an achievement that other Scandinavian kings attempted later in the century to repeat, but were not successful at it
D. an achievement attempted later in the century by other Scandinavian kings that was not successful
E. an achievement that other Scandinavian kings attempted to repeat later in the century, but without success （E）


C为什么不对呢？
E的but without success中but用法对吗？

DUKB24

an achievement that other Scandinavian kings attempted later in the century to repeat, but were not successful at it （achievement）

A food that I ate → I ate a food
A food that I ate it → I ate it a food（×）

brfmzbjz

楼上把C讲得很清楚啦
关于but without success

GMAT里面有很偶尔一些跳出常规的用法
我们能做的就是learn from the correct answer
毕竟规矩是他们定的

一般来说but 要么做连词连接句子，要么做介词
这里的but比较特殊 接了个短语 做副词修饰attempt这个动作

http://www.manhattangmat.com/forums/vikings-t16237.html

but, you do have a point here: there are certainly structures in the greater written english language in which "but" doesn't connect parallel structures. e.g.,
She eats junk food, but only on weekends.
the question (which is still unanswered, as far as i'm aware) is whether GMAC would countenance such constructions. if you have any solid evidence either way, i'd love to see it.

葵connie

谢谢楼上两位的解答！！