看ron说comma+verbing的话verbing修饰的应该是前面主句的动作,并且主句的主语和verbing是直接关系。
但是我看到了这两道题目
In the past several years, astronomers have detected more than 80 massive planets, (most of them as large or larger than Jupiter, which circle other stars. )
正确答案:most of them at least as large as Jupiter, circling
这样说来的话那么circling不就是修饰的astronomer嘛?就直接杀掉了,请问comma +verbing是还有什么其他的用法嘛》
In the past several years, astronomers have detected more than 80 massive planets, most of them at least as large as Jupiter, circling other stars.
中間, most of them at least as large as Jupiter, 我視為同位語,如果樓主看法不同的話應該至少認同modifier,所以省略後要不影響原意
拿掉modifier後(記得雙逗點一起拿掉)->
... astronomers have detected more than 80 massive planet circling other stars.
看出circling修飾planets
所以並非在comma+verbing的用法範圍裡