Prep一道语法题求助~

gonghao

As the former chair of the planning board for 18 consecutive years and a board member for 28
years, Joan Philkill attended more than 400 meetings and reviewed more than 700 rezoning
applications.

(A) As the former
(B) The former
(C) Former
(D) She was
(E) As the
还是不太理解为什么不可以选A呢？

gonghao

请参考OG 12第9和100题解释

zhangws

LZ题抄错了吧，原句（正确的）应该是As the chair of…………因为后面有18 consecutive years 和for 28
years，所以依照句意不应该是当former chair当了这么久，参加了这么多会议，用as the chairman就行了，句意可以通过后面attended的时态表现出来

我是这么理解的，欢迎拍砖~~