蓝OG分册 71题疑问

SilverGrin · 发表于 2012-3-9 00:22:20

此处正确选项种的分词短语难道不是只能用来修饰主语analysts的么，大家可以看E选项 OG给的解释就是having been 会错误修饰analyst 造成歧义，可是难道B选项就不是吗？
113.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.
(A) colder and wetter than was usual in some regions, which slowed
(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

hookem09 · 发表于 2012-3-9 00:43:55

B is correct. Which correctly modifies "weather" and slowing is another independent modifier for sales.

"having been... was" is not parallel and sounds really awkward.

SilverGrin · 发表于 2012-3-9 00:49:55

不对吧， Slowing在语义上应该是修饰 2个原因，在语法上修饰的应该是Analysts 或者整句话的动作，那就变成了是Analysts 或者Analysts blame 的这个动作导致了Slowing的结果。这是我疑惑的地方~

hookem09 · 发表于 2012-3-9 03:21:02

the "slowing" phrase correctly modifies "sales" even though it was split by another modifier in between. If you have the manhattan sentence correction handbook (8th book), go to page 91 (chapter 6, modifiers) and look at the example on how to use a present participle to modify a noun. I used to struggle with this split but that section explained this useful pretty well. Go check it out.

SilverGrin · 发表于 2012-3-9 06:15:15

非常感谢你！

蓝OG分册 71题疑问

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