求教！prep语法笔记183

veralove3271

Despite recent increasesin sales and cash flow that have propelled automobile companies' common stocks to new highs,several industry analysts expect automakers, in order to conserve cash, toset dividends more conservatively than they were
A.    to set dividends more conservatively than they were
B.    to set dividends more conservatively than they have been
C.    to be more conservative than they have been in settingdividends
D.     that they will be more conservative than they were in setting dividends

E.    that they will be more conservative than they have been to set dividends


我明白D是因为expect sb that的搭配有错，但是C为什么用了have been呢？
另外，如果题目改写成several industry analysts expect that automakers  will be more conservative than they were in setting dividends, in order to conserve cash是否正确呢？？

matchMichelle

我先具体说排除的
首先是 expect sb to do sth 排除d,e
然后看 a,b,c 因为比较的话要注意比较的谓语形式要一样     A do sth more····than B do
                                                                                               A be more····than B Be
这样看来只有c符合

其次，看A 还原的话 automakers set dividends more conservatively than they were
             B还原     automakers set dividends more conservatively than they have been
c还原的话          automakes are more conservative than they have been in ···

我想用 have been完成是一种是表示事情结束持续的影响，一种还是表示持续的事情
我觉得更应该是前者
尽管最近在sales and cash上的增长已经propelled automobile companies' common stocks to new highs,分析家还是希望 automakers to be more conservative than they have been in settingdividends
说明是不是因为以前automakers一值比较保守的持续影响使得最近的股票上涨呢，因而为了保持这一优良传统，分析家希望automKers再接再厉更保守点，从而去存储现在

my8221808

在manhattan上有一句话
the idea of completed action can be used simply to  placepresent perfect action earlier than another action in Ving forms,infinitives or subordinate clause
Right:she will play you when you have taken out the gatbge
               the time of will play is later than the future time of have taken
如果题目改写成, in order to conserve cash还是感觉稍有点不妥
这个时候 还是用现在完成时
several industry analysts expect that automakers  will be more conservative than they havebeen in setting dividends
反而更好，更切合manhattan上面的那个例子~~~

veralove3271

谢谢哈~很清晰~明白了~