看不太懂曼哈顿习题的答案，求大家解答

前来围观 · 发表于 2018-7-6 11:18:46

关于Possessive Noun，曼哈顿说possessive nouns are actually adjectives, not nouns。这个我理解了。

后来给了一道例题：The principal tried to calm the worried students’ parents, as a result of those students fighting at the pep rally.
曼哈顿说Worried: INCORRECT. Worried is a past participle derived from the verb to worry. It is used here as an adjective, but its meaning is ambiguous. Its placement suggests that it modifies students’, but logic suggests that it should modify parents.

LZ的问题就是worried做形容词为何会修饰到另一个形容词students' 呢？ adj＋adj＋n的形式的话，前面两个adjs 都应该修饰n吧？请大家指教

阿尔的阳光 · 发表于 2018-7-6 12:07:35

the worried students’ parents 这个词组的重心在 parents，所以按理说前面的adj需要修饰parents ，但是这个worried紧领student会造成歧义不知道是修饰student 还是parent.你说的student‘s是adj 那是单独的时候。这里歧义在于可以理解为（worried students）’ 不知道这样表达你看得明白么

LLouis · 发表于 2018-7-13 11:52:12

想问楼主一个问题就是书里例题后面写着“the answer can be found on page xxx" 但是页码总是找不到呀请问例题答案该怎么找

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