作者: kluivert 时间: 2018-9-13 15:57
Although he patented over 1,000 inventions, many of which revolutionized the modern world, Thomas Edison attained worldwide fame based upon his invention of the incandescent light bulb.
A) Thomas Edison attained worldwide fame based upon his invention of the incandescent light bulb
B) it was his invention of the incandescent light bulb that brought Thomas Edison worldwide fame
C) it was the incandescent light bulb and his invention of it that brought Thomas Edison worldwide fame
D) Thomas Edison’s invention of the incandescent light bulb brought him worldwide fame
E) Thomas Edison earned worldwide fame for his invention of the incandescent light bulb 作者: kluivert 时间: 2018-9-13 16:00
1. In addition to her work on the Miocene hominid fossil record, Mary Leakey contributed to archaeology with her discovery of the earliest direct evidence of hominid activity and painstakingly documenting East African cave paintings.
A. Leakey contributed to archaeology with her discovery of the earliest direct evidence of hominid activity and painstakingly documenting
B. Leakey contributed to archaeology by her discovery of the earliest direct evidence of hominid activity and by painstakingly documenting
C. Leakey was a contributor to archaeology with her discovery of the earliest direct evidence of hominid activity and with her painstaking documentation of
D. Leakey’s contributions to archaeology include her discovery of the earliest direct evidence of hominid activity and her painstaking documentation of
E. Leakey’s contributions to archaeology include her discovering the earliest direct evidence of hominid activity and painstaking documentation of作者: kluivert 时间: 2018-9-13 16:01
I've expanded the rule a bit:
When an introductory modifier includes a pronoun without an antecedent, the referent should be the FIRST WORD OF THE FOLLOWING CLAUSE.
In 99% of cases, the first word of the following clause will be the SUBJECT.
The SC above presents an exception.
In the OA here (D), the referent for her (possessive pronoun) is another possessive construction (Mary Leakey's).
It is perfectly fine for a possessive pronoun to serve to refer to another possessive construction.
Since each of these constructions serves as an ADJECTIVE, the first word of the following clause is not the subject but an adjective.
The introductory modifier here serves as an ADVERB describing how Mary Leakey's contributions INCLUDE.
Mary Leakey's contributions INCLUDE -- in addition to her work on the Miocene hominid fossil record -- her discovery of the earliest direct evidence of hominid activity and her painstaking documentation of East African cave paintings. 作者: kluivert 时间: 2018-9-13 16:02
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kluivert 发表于 2018-9-13 16:01
I've expanded the rule a bit:
When an introductory modifier includes a pronoun without an anteceden ...