请教（6）

The first shots of the American Revolution, fired at Lexington and Concord, Massachusetts, were, according to legend, heard around the world, but news of these shots, which were sent by swift messenger, took four days in reaching New York City as well as another addtional eleven days to reach Charleston, South Carolina.

B. shots that was sent by swift messenger took four days in order to reach New York city, and also another eleven days.

C. shots that were sent by swift messenger took four days to reach NYC, and another eleven days

D.shots took four days by swift messenger in order to reach NYC and another eleven days in addition

E. shots took four days by swift messenger to reach NYC and another eleven days.

我选C，答案是E。

觉得E中by swift messenger的位置使得它只能修饰前面的four days,而后面的another eleven days好象就不是by swift messenger来完成的了。

mm，怎么会这么想呢？这种用法很常见啊？后面不用by swift messenger是省略了更简洁。

C有两个问题，1. 逻辑错误，that 从句应该是修饰news，但是由于从句中谓语用了were所以变成修饰shots了，news虽然是复数形式，但是作为“新闻”来讲，它是不可数的。

MM说得对，我没注意到这个！

2. but连词后面没有句子，造成所谓的"run-on"句子。

mm，怎么会这么想呢？这种用法很常见啊？后面不用by swift messenger是省略了更简洁。

C有两个问题，1. 逻辑错误，that 从句应该是修饰news，但是由于从句中谓语用了were所以变成修饰shots了，news虽然是复数形式，但是作为“新闻”来讲，它是不可数的。

2. but连词后面没有句子，造成所谓的"run-on"句子。