作者：英吉
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
题目分析：A读起来问题不大，留着。B谓语是谁？是were written还是欧特number，不清楚，干掉。C用and outnumbering，可是前面没有与之对应的表达方式，and写不出来，干掉。D也犯了和C一样的错误，干掉。E和A最大的区别就是重点A放在写作的时间上，而E强调数量多少上（一个谓语用were written一个用outnumber），这就是这道题有争议的地方，其实两个意思都能说得通，关键看你怎么理解这句话了，A的意思是这些数量上很多的信写了多长时间E强调这些新写了多长时间，其数量是很多的，其实就个人preference来说，我是更喜欢E的，但如果非要说选A，我似乎也不能说完全不正确，此题最大的败笔就是出题者没有清晰地给出到底应该表达什么意思的一个公认的标准，并把这个标准放在划线外。
