OG 12e 语法26 WHICH 用法 求指点

dragondragon

26. Emily Dickinson’s letters to Susan Huntington Dickinson were written over a period beginning a few years before Susan’s marriage to Emily’s brother and ending shortly before Emily’s death in 1886, outnumbering her letters to anyone else.

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, which were written over a period beginning a few years before Susan’s marriage to Emily’s brother and ending shortly before Emily’s death in 1886, outnumber


Q：这里的beginning和ending， 动词为什么用ing形式， 作什么成分？
       which合适可以跳跃指代？

谢谢指点~~

sdcar2012

V-ing， 动词的ing分词状语可以做名词的后置定语。可以看看Manhattan SC关于Modifier那章的内容~

dragondragon

非常感谢~
那这里算是省略了吗？

veralove3271

beginning a few years before Susan’s marriage to Emily’s brother and ending shortly before Emily’s death in 1886做定语，修饰period，which可以跳过简单的修饰语修饰letters