OG12-115

zhaoyiqing

B选项整句如下：
Gall's hypothesis "of there being different mental functions localized in different parts of the brain is widely accepted today."

仍然看不懂OG的解释，请NN告诉我哪里错了？

DayDreamings

there being 的用法肯定错了

首先， 在GMAT中，there be 大多数情况下都是冗余的，因为一般情况下都可以转换为主动句结构的
there are different mental functions localized in different parts of the brain   应该改为 mental functions are localized in different parts of the brain, 后面的结构体现了GMAT 要求的effectiveness

再者，一般being的使用要慎重，很多时候都是可以省略的。也有例外，例如
being a teacher makes Mike every proud    being 短语作主要，bing不可省略

Mike was a journalist before being a teacher.   在before，after，with 之后 being也是不可省略的。

我的理解，希望能对你有帮助

zhaoyiqing

啊，清楚了，谢谢啊！！！