求助！OG13----29

faring56

Emily Dickinson's letters to Suan Huntington Dickinson were written over a period begining a few years before Susan's marriage to Emily's brother and ending shortly before Emily's death in1886,outnumbering  her letters to anyone else.

B Dickinson were written over a period that begins a few years before Susan's marriage to Emily's brother and ended shorlty before Emily's death in 1886 and outnumbering
C Dickinson,written over a period beginning a few years before Susan's marriage to Emily's marriage to Emily's brother and that ends shortly before Emily's death in 1886 and outnumbering
D Dickinson,which were written over a period beginning a few years before Susan's marriage to Emily's marriage to Emily's brother ,ending shortly before Emily's death in 1886, and outnumbering
E Dickinson ,which were written over a period begginning a few years before Susan's marriage to Emily's brother and ending shortly before Emily's death in 1886,outnumber

这道题选择E，答案说这句话强调D的信outnumber E的信。但是有些不明白，A不可以么？就强调信被写的这件事？

faring56

感谢大家解答，原来对于ving的作用不是很清楚，现在明白了！many thx!

echodancing

A不对，什么都不看的简单分析一下，句尾outnumbering her letters to anyone else中的outnumbering有两种可能，一种是伴随状语，但是却不是与谓语动词were wirtten同时发生的动作，一个过去，一个延续，所以不是第一种情况；第二种情况，outnumbering表示整个句子的结果，但是根本没有逻辑，你想呀谁说的信被写，其结果就是一定超出其他人的信呀。。。。。所以不能用分词形式放在句尾。

zhima427

弱弱的问一下呀，beginning和ending为什么又是另一个主谓呀？不能考虑成为定语修饰period么？

zhengqingku

问题是这里的主谓结构里又套了另一主谓结果，修饰最靠近的主谓结构。

faring56

S V O,doing 结构，doing一般修饰S或者sv么？outnumbering不是也可以修饰letter么？

zhengqingku

v+ing在句末，修饰的是最靠近的主谓结构，这里是beginning和ending。