Question

SAT语法题！

While driving his car to work twice a week. George's singing annoyed the members of his car pool.答案是把整句话改为On the two days of the week that he drove to work, George annoyed the members of his car pool by singing.那原句错在哪里？
2.We now realize that the Earth has limited resources (which, if they are wasted, you put everyone in danger.)答案是and it puts everyone in danger to waste them，那为什么不能改成that we waste at our own peril?
3. The conversation organizetion requested that its researchers (refrain from) giving out information (in regards to) the location of rare holly bushes for fear that people would move them to private gardens.这句话的答案是说in regards to有错，她错在哪里？还有为什么那个refrain from没错？不应该写成refrained from吗？不是都是过去时态的吗？

Answer 1

1. 原句错在逻辑主语不一致。从句的while driving...的逻辑主语是George，但是这句话的结构主语确实George's singing(乔治的歌声)。改正之后的主语变成了George，就一致了。

2. SAT语法改错有相似原则和简洁原则。改得太大的答案是绝对不会正确的，你这个at our own peril和原句差别太大了。而且原句的语法明显比你的版本简洁。IS题和IP题都是要选最好的答案。

3. refrain from在这里是should refrain from的意思，像request，require等表示请求、要求的字加从句，经常会出现XXX request that somebody should do sth.的结构，这其中的should是可以省略的。所以这边的refrain是很地道的用法，没有任何错误。in regard to是固定搭配错误，应该是with regard to.
   

追问

恩非常感谢！我对于第二题还是有点疑问，为什么and it puts everyone in danger to waste them会比that we waste at our own peril更加简洁？难道是复合句（我的意思就是有一个简单句加从句）没有两个简单句简洁吗？我的答案与原句差别在哪里？

追答

你的答案是备选项嘛？最关键的错误是和原句的结构、用词差别太多了。IS/IP题有很重要的一条就是说要在和原句的结构用词差不多的情况下修正错误。