OG11-109 OG的解释不明白。

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.

(E)         The owner and editor being two young journalists, Chandler Owen and A.

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

Logical predication + Agreement

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.

问题如下（2个）：

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？？

                   而动词就能够说是两个人都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？？？？？？？？？

object，这里指对象，不仅仅是宾语。

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。

再谢一下。