SAT文法:关于rather than的问题
1个回答

回答1.those指代人,故关系代词用who

2.rather than可以连接两个动词、两个不定式、两个动名词、两个介词短语等:

We will have the meeting in the classroom rather than in the great hall.

She enjoys singing rather than dancing.

I decided to write rather than (to) telephone.

He ran rather than walked.

回到问题2:R.Quirk编著的《英语语法大全》p.1387明确指出:和as well as及in stead of一样,rather than后面跟一个和主句中的动词形式并不匹配的ing分词分句时,它是介词,而不是准并列连词:

Their actions precipitated the war rather than averting it.

他们的行为促使战争爆发而不是避免战争.

故句中用focusing是把rather than 作为介词来用了.当然,若把rather than 作为并列连词来用,这里用focus也对,.