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endless1990

8.   
The Achaemenid empire of Persia reached the Indus Valley in the fifth century B.C., bringing the Aramaic script with it, from which was derived both northern and southern Indian alphabets.
(A) the Aramaic script with it, from which was derived both northern and
(B) the Aramaic script with it, and from which deriving both the northern and the
(C) with it the Aramaic script, from which derive both the northern and the
(D) with it the Aramaic script, from which derives both northern and
(E) with it the Aramaic script, and deriving from it both the northern and
这个题中C选项中from which derive both the northern and the， both...和derive是倒装是主谓吗？正常的是不是应该是both...and...derive from the Aramaic script,请NN讲解。

MarilynR

(A) from which    的 which 指代 it 即 The Achaemenid empire，而从逻辑意思上,which 应该指代script.  根据倒装结构的要求,was 应该用 were


我觉得这里才是最纠结的~
script不应该用单数谓语吗？为毛“根据倒装结构的要求,was 应该用 were”呢？？

我本来选的是A的，A和C的前半句应该是等价的吧~后半句的差别应该就在于单复数了，求NN解析~~！

MarilynR

原文应该是指定把it放前面  Aramaic script放后面应该是后面的which指的是 Aramaic script，如果把it放在which前面容易认为是指代it，这种倒装在长难句中也经常遇到。 只是选择答案的话可以看到非限定从中的谓语应该为复数，为什么加the我认为因为是指定的alphabets。像一般不说southern china 而是说south china 或 the southern part of China


这是另外一个帖子偷来的解析，我不懂啊不懂啊不懂……

piacia

首先我觉得A和 B是可以最先排除的，因为对于A来说which应当指代Aramaic script,而不是it。所以排除
对于B来说，定语从句的先行词前可以加介词（如from），但是不可以加连词，如and。所以排除。
对于D来说，定语从句的主谓不一致。可以理解的语序应当是the northern and the southern Indian alphabets(注意这里主语是复数形式） derive from which( 这里指Aramaic script）。从这里看，就应当选C了。
E一看就不对，所以忽略不计了。

这只是我的想法哈，不对的地方还请NN指教~

mingzhu99

8.   
The Achaemenid empire of Persia reached the Indus Valley in the fifth century B.C., bringing ...
endless1990 发表于 2010-9-29 06:59

    我觉得，首先，Which指代the Aramaic script，为避免修饰不清，优选“with it the Aramaic script”结构，
然后，根据逻辑意思，应该是both the northern and the southern India alphabets derive from the Aramaic script,后半部分倒装



A选项的话，which指代it，逻辑意思不对
而且A的结构为derive A from B,A was derived from B,这里A为复数名词，所以应该改为were.


而且朗文字典上：对于derive 的用法
derive：
1 [T] to get something, usually a pleasant feeling, from something or someone。(derive及物动词的时候，一般指的是feeling)
derive sth from: He derived some comfort from the fact that he wasn't the only one to fail the exam.
2 [I] to develop or come from something else（起源，由。。而来）
[+ from] This word is derived from Latin.