154 In 1791 Robert Carter III, one of the wealthiest plantation owners in Virginia, stunned his family, friends, and neighbors by filing a deed of emancipation, setting free the more than 500 slaves who were legally considered his property.
(A) setting free the more than 500 slaves who were legally considered
(B) setting free more than the 500 slaves legally considered as
(C) and set free more than 500 slaves, who were legally considered as
(D) and set free more than the 500 slaves who were legally considered
(E) and he set free the more than 500 slaves who were legally considered as
This sentence requires that the participial phrase setting free... connect to the gerund construction by filing a deed...; it was the filing of a deed that made possible the setting free.... Choices A and B establish this connection, but only A, the best choice, completes the participial phrase appropriately. In choices B and D the misconstructed phrases set[ting] free more than the 500 slaves... mistakenly suggest that Carter set free slaves that were not his own. Choices C and D distort meaning by paralleling stunned and set free, as though these were two separate and independent actions. E begins a second independent clause, which—though grammatically acceptable—again distorts the meaning. In choices B, C, and E, considered as is unidiomatic.
簡單的說，這題很清礎
1. , and 一定錯啊 , 哪裡來的三個平衡 ?
2. setting ~ 整個修飾前面的狀態 => 句意要表達的不是兩個動作
3. 當然 ,也有可能句意想表達兩個動作 ,但這時 又回歸到原本的(1) 問題
不知道清不清楚 , 不清楚請QQ姐在討論吧
不過 , 要不要另外貼一帖比較好 ?
剛看到你們在討論這題,把魚的講法在po一帖另外討論一下
發表一下我對ETS"逗號+分詞"的三項用法
1.表形容詞子句的省略
2.表分詞構句,一般代替主要子句主詞,今天看到魚的這題的解釋,發現到說又可代替主要句子的整體狀態,受惠了
3.表因果關係,最有名的例子就是那題少小離家老大回
因為這個分詞涵蓋的範圍有點廣,所以在考試的時候,我認為除非都沒有選項可選了,只好選這個,不然分詞盡量少選
請指教
