183. (27576-!-item-!-188;#058&002504) Despite recent increases in sales and cash flow that have propelled automobile companies' common stocks to new highs, several industry analysts expect automakers, in order to conserve cash, to set dividends more conservatively than they were A. to set dividends more conservatively than they were B. to set dividends more conservatively than they have been C. to be more conservative than they have been in setting dividends D. that they will be more conservative than they were in setting dividends E. that they will be more conservative than they have been to set dividends 我做这道题的时候知道是要把 汽车商会更保守 比 他们以前 好希望老师能细讲一下这道题，我觉得这道题也会给很多考友启发， 答案是C，我选了D 我最大的问题是， 1. 如果在than 之后用了they会不会造成指代歧义，指代到analysts, 2. 各个错误选项会造成什么样的歧义。 谢谢老师~~或许讲完这道题，我的语法会有更大的突破。