我知道OG就是圣经。但是怎么看还是觉得107题,D选项的解释有问题。
(修改:C选项应该 更说明问题,我把C选项也加上)
107.
Orginally developed for detecting air polutants, a technique called proton-induced X-ray emission, which can quickly analyze the chemical elements in almost any substance without destroying it, is finding uses in medecine, archaeology , and criminology.
A.Orginally developed fordetecting air polutants, a technique called proton-induced X-rayemission,
which can quickly analyze the chemical elements in almost any substance without destroying it,
C.A technique originally developed for detecting air pollutants, called proton-induced X-ray emission,
which can quickly analyze the chemical elements in almost any substanceand without destroying it.
D. A technique originally developed for detecting air pollutants, called proton-induced X-ray emission,
which has the ability to analyze the chemical elements in almost any substance quickly and without destroying it.
问题:
首先A是正确答案。
在对D的解释中,说道which错误的修饰了emission.如果是这样的话,那A中也一样有which 错误修饰emission的问题啊。OG是不是错了?!
A\D的解释分别如下:
A.
Correct. The modifiers are all correctly placed and punctuated; the meaning is clear.
C.
Called proton-induced X-ray emission should be placed next to
a technique and should not be set off by commas;
relative clause introduced by which incorrectly and illogically modifies emmisionD.
Called proton-induced X-ray emission should be placed next to
a technique and should not be set off by commas;
relative clause introduced by which incorrectly and illogically modifies emmision;
has the ability to is wordy.
-- by 会员 peill (2012/5/5 12:10:01)
首先OG的答案是没有错的
A.Orginally developed fordetecting air polutants, a technique called proton-induced X-rayemission,
which can quickly analyze the chemical elements in almost any substance without destroying it,
首先看A的结构,是modifier+subject(technique)+modifier(which)的结构,a tech是subject,called proton-induced X-ray emission
是用来修饰a tech的,翻译过来其实等于this tech= proton-induced X-ray,所以这两个东西是一样的所以which指代没有歧义。 C.A technique originally developed for detecting air pollutants, called proton-induced X-ray emission,
which can quickly analyze the chemical elements in almost any substanceand without destroying it.
再来看C,我觉得最重要的错误不在于which,而是在于called这个modifier,
任何“逗号+-ed”的成分都是修饰离-ed成分最近的noun,所以这里called实际在修饰air pollutants,这是一个很严重的逻辑错误,因为called本身要指的是a tech。
那么此时离which可以最近修饰的noun便是这个emission,而emission存在的这个modifier因为有called的存在使它修饰的不再是a tech,而是pollutants,which在这里的指代就根本不对了
这就是AC的本质区别
或者从句子的成分上看:
A选项是modifier+subect+modifier的机构,修饰成分分散在subject的两遍,都在修饰subject,不会引起歧义
而C则是subject+modifier+modifier,即使两个modifier都想修饰subject,也会存在第二个Modifier修饰第一个modifier的歧义,所以C不如A好
提供一个秒杀这道题的方法:看句子结构
A modifier+subject+modifier
B modifier+modifier+subject
C subject+modifier+modifier
D subject+modifier+modifier
E错误太明显不说了
从句子的结构上来看,显然A是最不会引起歧义的两个modifier都在修饰subject,而B,C,D都有第二个Modifier修饰第一个modifier的嫌疑
根据Manhattan语法,avoid long sequences of modifiers that modify the same noun.Putting two long modifiers in a row before(如B ) or after a moun(如C,D)can lead to awkward .(此规律恒成立)-- by 会员 llssyy93 (2012/5/5 22:20:08)