现在分词在句尾的用法请教

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
Beachy老师您能给我讲解一下这一道题的A选项吗？
我在网上看了很多这道题的解释，他们说“动词”优于分词，我对这个说法感觉不是很满意。

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最佳答案 2014-06-27 11:39

补充：我的意思是

▲ A选项在语法上是可以接受的，但结构上位置不妥又容易引起逻辑判断混乱，您看，不是大家都把它分析为状语吗？换句话说，A选项正确的唯一可能性就是把它分析为定语，而不能把它分析为状语。因为现在分词用于句末作状语时多是说明其与谓语之间的逻辑关系，试想此句的谓语【写信】与【在数量上压倒/多余】之间有何逻辑关系？最重要的还不止如此，因为outnumber的逻辑主语只能为人/物，这里只能为【信件】，而不可能为一个动作【写信】。

▲ 其实，这也给我们提供了另外一条思路，即我可以使得这个现分与上文谓动发生逻辑关系，如果你仔细想一想就会发现其实【写信年头久与信的数量多】在逻辑上是和谐一致的，具有因果关系，那么我们就可以这样改写此句，使上下文具有因果关系：

Emily Dickinson's letters to Susan HuntingtonDickinson were written over a period beginning a few years before Susan'smarriage to Emily's brother and ending shortly before Emily's death in1886 ,which makes them outnumber her letters to anyone else

对了，您可能看出来了，这是一个表结果的非限制性定从。

当然还可这样改：

Emily Dickinson's letters to Susan HuntingtonDickinson were written over a period beginning a few years before Susan'smarriage to Emily's brother and ending shortly before Emily's death in1886 , makingthem outnumber her letters to anyone else。

这样我们就看清楚了，makingthem…现分短语就可名正言顺第充当结果状从了。

▲ 所以说在最初的答复中，我首当其冲就提出：有时定语及状语真的在意义上有共通之处啊！你再回头看，刚刚改写的一个定从，一个状语，但都表因果关系。

所以说，有时候，逻辑大如天！