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作者: michael_wind 时间: 2010-8-6 06:45 标题: 请教个语法问题

The cottontail rabbit population in Orange County, California, has increased unchecked in recent years as a result of the removal of the native fox population and the clearing of surrounding woodlands.
A. years as a result of the removal of
B. years, resulting from the removing of
我觉得A B都对啊，而且觉得B更妥当一点，removing和clearing刚好可以对应啊。但是答案是A耶~~为什么啊

作者: xiruihuang 时间: 2010-8-6 20:25

"the clearing" is a gerund, which acts as a noun.

作者: banglixing 时间: 2010-8-9 06:39

there are a bunch of words like these, with specific noun forms that, simply because they exist, are considered better than the corresponding gerund (-ing) forms. notable among this class of nouns are the '-al' forms, like removal, betrayal, etc.

作者: gabriel_djh 时间: 2010-8-9 20:26

B最重要的错误是不合逻辑……

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