0g253-形容词修饰

253. Analysts blamed May's sluggish retail sales on unexciting merchandise as well as the weather, colder and wetter than was usual in some regions. which slowed sales of barbecue grills and lawn furniture.

(B)  which was colder and wetter than usual in some regions, slowing

(C)  since it was colder and wetter than usually in some regions, which slowed

(D)  being colder and wetter than usually in some regions, slowing

(E)   having been colder and wetter than was usual in some regions and slowed

Choice B is the best answer. It is concise and idiomatic, and which has a clear referent, the weather. In A, the insertion of was is unnecessary, and the referent of which is not clear because regions, not weather, is the nearest noun. In C, the adjective usual is needed in place of the adverb usually, and the referent of which is unclear because regions, not weather, is the nearest noun. In D and E, the verb phrases (being colder ..., having been colder . ..) do not refer as clearly to the noun weather as the pronoun which does. Choice D needs the adjective usual in place of the adverb usually, while choice E fails to maintain parallelism in verb tense (having been... and slowed).

请问，如果我把A修改一下，改为 Analysts blamed May's sluggish retail sales on unexciting merchandise as well as the weather, colder and wetter than usual in some regions, slowing sales of barbecue grills and lawn furniture.可以么？这里形容词colder and wetter－－－修饰the weather,还是也可以修饰May's sluggish retail sales ？我对形容词修饰有些糊渎。望指教，谢谢～

如果真如你這樣改寫，我覺得你的A可能會比B還更好，因為一是原本的錯誤都改正了，二是比B還更為簡潔

感觉这样改不好, 分词的修饰有歧义.答案B就比较清晰．

To hp920

我還是不太明白耶，我想請教的是，Tiangel講的是說，A是colder and wetter than usual in some regions, slowing，B則是 which was colder and wetter than usual in some regions, slowing  兩者差別只有在colder 前面要不要加 which was而己，想確定一下是不是這樣還是會出現修飾歧異的問題，如果是的，那理由是什麼

请教不敢当, 我也是慢慢征途才起步.就说我的感觉吧: B中正是由于which 的存在, 使得slowing毫无歧义的做了which从句的结果壮语.而A中, 没有which, slowing短语就既可能修饰colder...这一短语, 又可能修饰weather.

一点看法, 如有错误, 大家赶快指正!