Emily Dickinson’sletters to Susan Huntington Dickinson were written over a period beginning a few years before Susan’s marriage to Emily’s brother and ending shortly before Emily’s death in 1886, outnumbering her letters to anyone else.
A. Dickinson were written over a period beginning a few years beforeSusan’s marriage to Emily’s brother and ending shortly before Emily’s death in1886, outnumbering
B. Dickinson were written over a period that begins a few years beforeSusan’s marriage to Emily’s brother and ended shortly before Emily’s death in1886, outnumber
C. Dickinson, written over a period beginning a few years before Susan’smarriage to Emily’s brother and that ends shortly before Emily’s death in 1886and outnumbering
D. Dickinson, which werewritten over a period beginning a few years before Susan’s marriage to Emily’sbrother, ending shortly before Emily’s death in 1886, and outnumbering (E)
E. Dickinson, which were written over a period beginning a few years beforeSusan’s marriage to Emily’s brother and ending shortly before Emily’s death in1886, outnumber
此题答案E。A中为什么不能把outnumbering看成是were written这个动作的伴随状语？因为were written是被动所以不行么？作者: charles1992 时间: 2011-10-24 20:56
this sort of modifier（ING型独主的从句结构形式） should actually satisfy TWO requirements:
1) it should apply most nearly to the subject of the preceding clause (as you've said); and, even more importantly,
2) it should have one of the following RELATIONSHIPS to that clause:
* immediate consequence
* simultaneous, but lower-priority, action
here, this modifier doesn't have either of these 2 relationships to the main clause, so it's used inappropriately.作者: ccmoomer 时间: 2011-10-25 20:31
