OG Diagnostic 39

Nagi

According to scholars, the earliest writing was probably not a direct rendering of speech, but was more likely to begin as a separate and distinct symbolic system of communication, and only later merged with spoken language.

A was more likely to begin as
B more than likely began as
C more than likely beginning from
D it was more than likely begun from
E it was more likely that it began

I'm fine that choice B is the correct answer. 但是针对OG的解释还是有疑问：

<1>
OG说This sentence is a comparison in which probably not x is balanced by but more than likely y.
比较Theagency is NOT a fully independententity BUT INSTEAD derives itsauthority from Congress. (note that the verb isand derives are parallel.) - Manhatthan
这两句平行是一样的，都是not...but平行，be动词和but后的动词平行，那么问题来了：
这种平行看上去怪怪的，毕竟was是在not前面的，not后面是个名词(rendering of speech/a fully independent entity)，那为什么不是BUT后面加名词使他平行呢？是不是加名词变成was not X but Y更好呢？

<2>
OG里D的解释Use of the pronoun it makes this construction a main cluase, in which case the comma after communication must be omitted and began must be used to be parallel to merged;
之前就很奇怪为什么comma+and后面不是跟一个Independent sentence，看了D的解释不能很好理解，求大神解答。

Nagi

顶上来。字数

yatina

Q1.
楼主可这样理解这个平行：was..., but was...
因为but在这里还有连词的功能，but后是一个完整的句子，故有was。还有，永远不要质疑正确选项，存在即合理，说明GMAC认为这种表达是正确的。

Q2.
D选项中的it变成形式主语，but后的结构是it was more likely to began...and merged... 这里的begun必须改为began和merged达到平行，并且要去掉逗号。

希望可以帮到楼主

zwhjzwhj

为什么这道题问的这么少，完全找不到句子意思啊。如果是按选项说的，probably not x but more than likely y ，那么x和y完全不用平行么，很明显句子里第一个x是名词啊，第二个y变began动词了？

然后这个对时态的解释也很怪，正确答案是began这个是过去时吧，但E选项又说，应该用is，因为理论是current。