PP75

my8221808

Q20: PP75.
A recent poll indicates that many people in the United States hold a combination of conservative and liberal political views; i.e., (they denounce big government, saying government is doing too much and has become too powerful, while at the same time supporting) many specific government programs for health care, education, and environment.
    A. they denounce big government, saying government is doing too much and has become too powerful, while at the same time supporting
    B. they denounce big government—they say that government is doing too much and has become too powerful—but supporting at the same time
    C. they denounce big government, they say that government is doing too much and it has become too powerful, while they support at the same time
    D. while they denounce big government, saying that government is doing too much and has become too powerful, at the same time supporting
    E. while they are denouncing big government—they say that government is doing too much and it has become too powerful—supporting at the same time

OA is A, but why there is no "that" between "say" and "government is ...."?
B: is this expression right? main clause, but xxing?

All the other choices are wrong, needless to say.

jamesyl327

A选项中while引导的句子非完整句可以吗？

dypig1234

C. they denounce big government, they say that government is doing too much and it has become too powerful, while they support at the same time

两个独立句they之间无连词，run-on；it多余应省略，否则无法指代government

hilanjingling

CE中都是那个it错了

Benite

what about the error in C?

Could the modification of C below make it correct?

C. they denounce big government - they say that government is doing too
much and it has become too powerful, while they support at the same time

Is the position of "at the same time" ok to be behind "they support"?

shell6688

but + verb-ing is not always wrong.
B is wrong because "but supporting" should be "but support".
they denounce big government but supporting at the same time...
supporting isn't parallel with denounce.
I don't know whether the "that" in A can be omitted.  But I just memorized it because I can't find an explanation and GMAC "says" so.

my8221808

Any one there? Please help.

It seems that "..., but xxing" is incorrect, according to OG...

But I am still not sure whether "that" can be omitted here.

Thanks!