27. Greatly influenced by the Protested missionary Samuel Kirkland, the Oneida was the only one of the five-nation Iroquois League who sided with the colonists during the American Revolution.
A. was the only one of the five-nation Iroquois League who sided
B. was alone of the five-nation Iroquois League when they sided
C. alone among the five-nation Iroquois League sided
D. were the only ones out of the five nations of Iroquois League in siding
E. only of the five-nation Iroquois League had sided
原文的逻辑含义是O是五国集团中唯一一个支持colonists的;
那么sided就是修饰O的,不是修饰五国集团的,如果理清这层修饰关系是此题的关键;
B中,when they的they指代的是谁,如果想指代O,那么就应该用it, 可是即便用it来指代,it一样可能会指代league,同样会造成歧义;
C中,alone among…做状语,sided作谓语,直接修饰主语O,清晰的表达了这层修饰关系;
D中,were的单复数形式错误,而且the only ones out of肯定是混乱搭配;
E中,only of…的结构没有办法做状语,所以这个句子结构没有办法解释;
此外,就是NN们关于one 和the only one of 的比较同样引起关注:
关于one of + n.(pl.) + that + verb的单复数用法
the (only) one of+复数名词,that修饰the one
A is one of + B.(pl) + that/who + v. 逻辑含义是A是B们中的一个,A和B们没有区别,that/who修饰A或者B都是一样的,没有歧义,所以that/who就就近修饰了B;
而A is the only one of B.(pl) + that/who + v.逻辑含义是A是B中唯一一个V了的,A和B们是有区别的,A就是特别的那一个,那么that/who从句就是在修饰A的特别之处,所以这里的that/who就是在修饰the only one;
如果only还是可以省略的,那么关键其实就是特指和泛指的问题,也就是有没有the的问题;
这个理论在这道题中并没有问题,因为league不是复数,所以实际上这里不能用这个理论;
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