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liushiyou

According to some analysts, whatever away all capital gains on short-term investments would, if enacted, have a disastrous effect on Wall Street trading and employment. ---------------- X.its merits may be, the proposal to tax ----------- 答案为A。请问： 答案X是否可以？ ----- 谢谢！。

maryland

A的表达最简洁，并且情态助动词不可随意添加或删除，即如果A选项中有情态助动词，那么正确答案中也应该保留，如果A选项中没有，答案中不可以随意添加。所以，X不对。以上法则只在极少数情况下不适用，一切应根据句子逻辑意思来判断。

liushiyou

谢谢！whatever its merits是不是省略句？

oddyuibe

I agree with maryland on this point.

I think the full version is " whatever its merits are.."

personal view~