THE 的位置好重要。

Herbert

THE 的位置好重要。 <>第154题： In 1791 Robert CarterⅢ, one of the wealthiest plantation owners in Virginia, stunned his family, friends, and neighbours by filing a deed of emancipation, setting free the more than 500 slaves who were legally considered his property. A) setting free the more than 500 slaves who were legally consdered B) setting free more than the500 slaves who were legally considered as D) and set free more than the500 slaves who were legally considered 正确答案是A，在题后的解释中有如下一段话： In choices B and D the misconstructed phrases set[ting] free more than the 500 slaves …… mistakenly suggest that Carter set free slaves that were not his own. 而导致上述错误的就是the的不同位置，即从more than移到more than后面，这样的移动何以导致mistakenly suggest that Carter set free slaves that were not his own.？那么B，D中的who were legally considered [as]又该作何理解？（B，D的其他错误这里不作讨论）请高人解惑。

uclb5550

" the more than 500 slaves " means 这五百多个。"more than the 500 slaves" refer to the freed slaves who are not included in the 500 slaves. Since the two expressions hold different meanings, the problem in "consider as" becomes triviual compared with the major fault.