Some analysts point out that because people are becoming accustomed to a steady inflation rate of four to five percent, businesses found that they could raise prices according to this mount without thereby provoking strong public reaction.
A. found that they could raise prices according to this amount without thereby provoking
B. found that they were capable of raising prices by this amount and not provoke
C. find that they are capable of raising prices by this amount and not provoke
D. are finding that they can raise prices by this amount without provoking
E. are finding that they can raise prices according to this amount and will not thereby provoke
答案是D，为什么用进行时呢？作者: flyever98 时间: 2012-12-21 22:17
bc后面那个not provoke肯定不对，不构成平行。a用过去式，原文中没有
时间概念，就剩de比了。。。我是觉得d比e简洁
进行时和前面people are becoming平行，看着工整些作者: reirayanqing 时间: 2012-12-22 07:02
a,b verb tense should be consistent with the preceding clause.
C capable of rasing can be expressed more concisely, not provoke cannot work with the subject businesses, do is required here.
E are finding and will not are structrually not parallel. will and thereby are contraditory to some extent.
之所以这里用are finding, 我想这是为了体现结果的意思，business are finding are the direct consequence of customer used to rising inflation rates.
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