prep2-168

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 additional eleven days to reach Charleston, South Carolina.

A. shots, which were sent by swift messenger, took four days in reaching New York City as well as another additional eleven days

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 New York City and another eleven days

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

E. shots took four days by swift messenger to reach New York City and another eleven days

答案选E，请教nn们，c为什么不可以啊

C的問題出在that後面是修飾shots還是news? 會有歧義.

想想看：shots that were sent by swift messenger?合理嗎？

避免這樣的歧義最好就是用E,不但避免歧義也符合GMAC的最愛-主動優於被動

我覺得that修飾沒有岐異，應該是指前面名詞
which就有歧異

但C選項就如racing78說的
shots that were sent by swift messenger不是很合理
嗯~小弟我同意! 所以排除C

N1复数 of N2复数 + that clause：从句优先修饰临近N2复数，that were不够简洁。

E选项的by不是表示行动施加者，而是表示通过，凭借。