og12 36while用法

Karmalotse

36. Dressed as a man and using the name Robert
Shurtleff, Deborah Sampson, the first woman to draw
a soldier’s pension, joined the Continental Army in
1782 at the age of 22, was injured three times, and
was discharged in 1783 because she had become too
ill to serve.
(A) 22, was injured three times, and was discharged
in 1783 because she had become
(B) 22, was injured three times, while being
discharged in 1783 because she had become
(C) 22 and was injured three times, and discharged
in 1783, being
(D) 22, injured three times, and was discharged in
1783 because she was
(E) 22, having been injured three times and
discharged in 1783, being

很纠结B中while的用法，先有没有while doing的用法？如果有的话需要什么样的条件？还有哪些词有这样的用法？

DayDreamin

while being 最起码GMAT做过的题中出现的少。 而且while真的不是很常用的，因为它既可以表转折，又可以表同时发生什么。 所以选项中更多的while是会跟着 although, but 一起出现,让你判断应该用那个做转折，那么句首就是althought更好，句中就是but更好。

如果不是这种情况，那么久一定要确定while being和主句的谓语是同时发生的，而且通常这样都会带有一些转折的感觉。否则的话如果只是单纯的同时发生，用comma+verbing 的形式就会更简洁一些。