OG 143

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Recently discovered fossil remains strongly suggest that the Australian egg-laying mammals of today are a branch of the main stem of mammalian evolution rather than developing independently from a common ancestor of mammals more than 220 million years ago.

(A) rather than developing independently from
(B) rather than a type that developed independently from
(C) rather than a type whose development was independent of
(D) instead of developing independently from
(E) instead of a development that was independent of

答案是B 我懂 但是C 又錯在哪裡呢?

根據OG的解釋 In C, the expression a type whose development was independent of a common ancestor states the opposite of the original point---that the type of mammal mentioned was thought to have developed independently of the main stem of mammalian evolution, but still to have descended from a common ancestor. 不大懂OG的解釋 有人可以幫忙解釋一下嗎?

還有independent 不是應該+of 嗎? 為何選項B中是+from

Thanks a lot!!!

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C 中 a type whose development was independent of
偏離句意嘍
依其中名詞跟形容詞和b的動詞跟副詞比較就可以看出不同了

B中 a type that developed independently from

另外 from我認為只是介詞 跟indepently 無關
只是想要帶出後面的部分 個人意見 參考吧!!

[維尼]

Recently discovered fossil remains strongly suggest that the Australian egg-laying mammals of today are a branch of the main stem of mammalian evolution rather than developing independently from a common ancestor of mammals more than 220 million years ago.

(A) rather than developing independently from
(B) rather than a type that developed independently from
(C) rather than a type whose development was independent of
(D) instead of developing independently from
(E) instead of a development that was independent of

答案是B 我懂 但是C 又錯在哪裡呢?

根據OG的解釋 In C, the expression a type whose development was independent of a common ancestor states the opposite of the original point---that the type of mammal mentioned was thought to have developed independently of the main stem of mammalian evolution, but still to have descended from a common ancestor. 不大懂OG的解釋 有人可以幫忙解釋一下嗎?

還有independent 不是應該+of 嗎? 為何選項B中是+from

Thanks a lot!!!

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其實把句子連貫起來 就可以推出句意啦

用 from 是指 從某個 common ancestor 獨立發展
independent of 是說兩個是 彼此獨立 無相關
句意就剛好相反啦