Prep T2 -Q116

[小花]

George Washington Carver dedicated his life to the economic strengthening of the South with
improvement of soil and diversification of crops.
(A) the economic strengthening of the South with improvement of soil and diversification of crops
(B) strengthening the economy in the South with soil improvement and the diversification of crops
(C) strengthening the economy of the South through soil improvement and crop diversification
(D) the strengthening of the economy of the South through improving soil and crop diversifying
(E) the economic strengthening in the South with improving soil and diversifying crops

B C選項中的 the economic in the South 和 the economic of South 含義上有什麼不同?

[mauricew]

in：表示【在於..】是地方副詞表示方法
of：表示【從屬關係】是表示屬於....
the economic in the South：即表示在南方的經濟，強調的是地方關係
the economic of South：即表示南方的經濟，強調的是所屬關係

ETS很愛搞這種遊戲，就像
什麼事發生在那一年，用介詞in
為了要混淆選項，常常將in 改為of，表示什麼事情屬於那一年，意思顯然不合理

好好體會........

[小花]

感謝

[小花]

感謝mauricew大大詳盡的解釋

這裡有另一位前輩的看法

一般說來，"of + 地方/時間"是作形容詞用，"in + 地方/時間"是作副詞用
例如
1. The census was taken in 1965. [修飾V]
2. The census of 1965 took seven years to compile. [修飾N]

因此
strengthening the economy in the South

strengthening the economy of the South

[mauricew]

謝謝小花