Along the major rivers that traverse the deserts of northeast Africa,
the Middle East, and northwest India, the combination of a reliable supply
of water and [good growing conditions both encouraged farming traditions
that, in places, endure in] at least 6,000 years.
(A) good growing conditions both encouraged farming traditions that, in
places, endure in
(B) good growing conditions encouraged farming traditions that have, in
places, endured for
(C) of good growing conditions have encouraged farming traditions that, in
places, endured for
(D) of good growing conditions both encouraged farming traditions that have,
in places, endured
(E) of good growing conditions encouraged farming traditions that have, in
places, been enduring for
Ans.(B)
疑問是(E)選項中最後的have been enduring是否有誤?
OG的解釋是"rhetorically inappropriate and sounds exaggerated"
但實在是不懂為什麼這樣的時態inappropriate & exaggerated
OG的解答一開始也寫了"A combination of factors (in the past) encouraged farming
traditions that are still with us today."
那(E)的時態不是也有still with us today的含意?
先謝謝高手解答:)