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以下例子全部来源于OG11 39. Scientists have recently discovered what could be the largest and oldest living organism on Earth, a giant fungus that is an interwoven filigree of mushrooms and rootlike tentacles spawned
by a single fertilized spore some 10,000 years ago and extending for more than 30 acres in the soil of a Michigan forest. (A) extending (B) extends (C) extended (D) it extended(A) (E) is extending
The original sentence is correctly written. The giant fungus is described as an interwoven filigree spawned ... some 10,000 years ago and extending for more than 30 acres.
spawned与 extending平行,一起修饰 filigree,而不就最近的tentacles
75. Salt deposits and moisture threaten to destroy the Mohenjo-Daro excavation in Pakistan, the site of an ancient civilization
that flourished at the same time as the civilizations in the Nile delta and the river valleys of the Tigris and Euphrates. (A) that flourished at the same time as the civilizations (B) that had flourished at the same time as had the civilizations (C) that flourished at the same time those had (D) flourishing at the same time as those did(A) (E) flourishing at the same time as those were
答案是A. D The plural pronoun those cannot refer to the singular civilization and thus lacks a referent; did is awkward and unnecessary D虽然错,但是说明flourishing修饰前面的civilizations 93. By a vote of 9 to 0, the Supreme Court awarded the Central Intelligence Agency broad discretionary powers enabling it to withhold from the public the identities of its sources of intelligence information. (A) enabling it to withhold from the public (B) for it to withhold from the public (C) for withholding disclosure to the public of (D) that enable them to withhold from public disclosure(A) (E) that they can withhold public disclosure of In this correct sentence, the underlined phrase clearly modifies powers; it refers to the Central Intelligence Agency. To withhold from the public is concise, idiomatic, and clear. 98. As rainfall began to decrease in the Southwest about the middle of the twelfth century, most of the Monument Valley Anasazi abandoned their homes to join other clans
whose access to water was less limited. (A) whose access to water was less limited (B) where there was access to water that was less limited (C) where they had less limited water access (D) with less limitations on water access(A) (E) having less limitations to water access E As a countable quantity, limitations should be modified by fewer, not less, having is ambiguous because it is unclear whether it refers to the Anasazi or other clans
E的having 修饰Anasazi 而不是就近就是clans
所以我总结了以下,关于前面没有","的现在分词短语一般为就近修饰,或修饰就近的中心词(39), 而当98题,句子的主语和补语的宾语在逻辑上都做现在分词的动作执行者时,则会产生修饰上的歧义,但是这一点是effectiveness而不是 correctiveness,不能做为选项的致命错误判断标准
总结了一下午关于现在分词做修饰语的问题,以前总认为前面没有逗号的现在分词只是就近指代它前面的名词,现在看来也不是这样了.
my two cents ,还请大家指教
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