OG 69

wubin

69. Although she had signed a pledge of abstinence
while being an adolescent. Frances Willard was 35 years old before she chose to become a temperance activist.
(A) while being an adolescent
(B) while in adolescence
(C) at the time of her being adolescent
(D) as being in adolescence
(E) as an adolescent
b为何不对，我可以认为是省略了she was。[em06]

oddyuibe

As OG said, B is unidiomatic~

Besides, we choose the best one among the five, right?

E is concise, clear and idomatic, and thus is better than B.

wubin

是“in adolescence“还是“while in adolescence” unidiomatic

maryland

以下是引用wubin在2003-4-15 21:50:58的发言：
是“in adolescence“还是“while in adolescence” unidiomatic

while不能跟介词短语。