OG11-109 OG的解释不明白。 - ChaseDream

109. Published in Harlem, the owner and editor of the
                Messenger were two younq journalists, Chandler
                Owen and A. Philip Randolph, who would later
                make his reputation as a labor leader_

(A) Published in Harlem, the owner and editor of the Messenger were two young journalists, Chandler Owen and A. Philip Randolph, who would later make his reputation as a labor leader.

(B) Published in Harlem, two young journalists, Chandler Owen and A. Philip Randolph, who would later make his reputation as a labor leader, were the owner and editor of the Messenger.

(C) Published in Harlem, the Messenger was owned and edited by two young journalists, A. Philip Randolph, who would later make his reputation as a labor leader, and Chandler Owen.

(D) The Messenger was owned and edited by two young journalists, Chandler Owen and A. Philip Randolph, who would later make his reputation as a labor leader, and published in Harlem.

Philip Randolph, who would later make his reputation as a labor leader, the Messenger was published in Harlem.

A modifying phrase must be placed near the word it modifies. Here, the incorrect placement of the modifying phrase published in Harlem makes the phrase describe
the owner and editor when it should describe the Messenger. The use of the singular owner and editor is puzzling: did one journalist own and the other edit? Or did they jointly own and edit? It is also unclear which of the two journalists is described in the clause beginning who.

A Published in Harlem incorrectly modifies the owner and editor, references are unclear

B Published in Harlem incorrectly modifies two young journalists; references are unclear

C       Correct. In this sentence, the modifier correctly describes its object,
            the Messenger,
                        the verbs indicate that both journalists played both roles;
                    and the relative clause clearly shows Randolph, not Owen, as the owner of the reputation.

1）OG的解释说The use of the singular owner and editor is puzzling: did one journalist own and the other edit? Or did they jointly own and edit?

C 选项的解释又说 the verbs indicate that both journalists played both roles;

请问：为什么用名词就puzzl，不能确定是一个人own ， the other edit 还是两个人共同own and edit？？

2）C选项的解释说 In this sentence, the modifier correctly describes its object,
the Messenger

the Messenger怎么是object？？？？应该是主语吧？？？？？？？？？

名词显示得出单复数，所以可能会混淆，动词没有单复数，理解是根据句意的，所以不会有混淆。

以下是引用chnp在2006-9-6 19:52:00的发言：

object，这里指对象，不仅仅是宾语。

谢谢，我该改名叫做清清笨蚂蚁了，

名词显示得出单复数，所以可能会混淆，动词没有单复数，理解是根据句意的，所以不会有混淆。

原来这个动词是可以根据句意的，名词是不能根据句意的，说的有道理。学会了，高兴。