其实修饰的范围特别广，定语，状语，定语从句，状语从句，还有名词性从句，比如宾语从句，主语从句，这些都属于修饰的内容，所以为了帮助大家更好的了解这些修饰的内容，我们给大家举例讲解一下，接下来先看第三部分。
例3：Emily Dickinson`s letters to Susan Huntington Dickinson were written over a period beginning a few years before Susan’s marriage to Emily’s brother and ending shortly before Emily’s death in 1886, outnumbering her letters to anyone else.
(A) Dickinson were written over a period beginning a few years before Susan’s marriage to Emily’s brother and ending shortly before Emily’s death in 1886, outnumbering
(B) Dickinson were written over a period that begins a few years before Susan’s marriage to Emily’s brother and ended shortly before Emily’s death in 1886, outnumber
(C) Dickinson, written over a period beginning a few years before Susan’s marriage to Emily’s brother and that ends shortly before Emily’s death in 1886 and outnumbering
(D) Dickinson, which were written over a period beginning a few years before Susan’s marriage to Emily’s brother, ending shortly before Emily’s death in 1886, and outnumbering
(E) Dickinson, which were written over a period beginning a few years before Susan’s marriage to Emily’s brother and ending shortly before Emily’s death in 1886, outnumber
分析：
有撇s和to结构，我们要找中心名词，名词1`s名词2 ，这种结构的中心名词应该是名词2，当然 to something或者是to somebody 也是一个介词短语，应该充当的是定语修饰的是
Letters，这样看来句子的主语应该是Letters，那么谓语动词就是were written，再往后会发现有个平行并列的提示词and,如果是并列的话就需要找并列的对象，就只能根据and后面的提示词，and ending 后面是doing结构，那么前面也应该是doing结构，
我们来看一下选项。A选项beginning和ending是可以的，B选项是并列谓语，并列谓语使用不同时态是可以的，前提是分别有时间状语提示，否则必须保持一致，但是a period和 in 1886都是表示的过去，所以B选项不正确。C选项用的是beginning ……and that ends……，如果and后面跟的是一个that ends的定语从句，那and前面也应该是that从句，所以这样是不平行的，另外C选项中缺乏谓语，所以C选项不正确。D选项which 引导的定语从句，GMAT当中想要指代人的话，只能用who或者whom,which 和that都不行，所以这里的which指代的是letters，接着后面并列了三个doing结构，但是这个句子缺乏谓语动词，所以D选项也是错的。E选项和A选项的语法上都是正确的。A选项是SVO,doing结构。E选项是主语后面跟着定语从句，谓语是outnumber。既然语法上没有问题，我们就该考虑一下是否有效，最后在考虑简洁有效。先看A选项，如果使用outnumbering这个doing形式的话，那么这个动词发生的时间应该和谓语动词发生的时间一样，谓语动词是were written这个过去式，这样的话outnumbering就表示体现在过去，但是句子的主干说的是写给A这个人的信比写给其他任何人的信都还要多，是一个陈述事实的状态，所以A选项排除。E选项outnumber一般现在时体现陈述事实的一个状态是正确的。
正确句子：
Emily Dickinson`s letters to Susan Huntington Dickinson, which were written over a period beginning a few years before Susan’s marriage to Emily’s brother and ending shortly before Emily’s death in 1886, outnumber her letters to anyone else.
验证：
Letters是句子主语，which 引导定语从句修饰 letters，因为which指代的是something，所以肯定不能指代Emily Dickinson或者是Susan Huntington Dickinson，letters的谓语动词是outnumber ，主谓一致没问题，而且beginning and ending两个doing结构做定语修饰就近名词 period ，也是没有问题的。
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