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Lauraliang

Marconi’s conception of the radio was as a substitute for the telephone, a tool for
private conversation; instead, it is precisely the opposite, a tool for communicating
with a large, public audience.
(A) Marconi’s conception of the radio was as a substitute for the telephone,
a tool for private conversation; instead, it is
(B) Marconi conceived of the radio as a substitute for the telephone, a tool
for private conversation, but which is
(C) Marconi conceived of the radio as a tool for private conversation that
could substitute for the telephone; instead, it has become
(D) Marconi conceived of the radio to be a tool for private conversation, a
substitute for the telephone, which has become
(E) Marconi conceived of the radio to be a substitute for the telephone, a
tool for private conversation, other than what it is,

知道其他的不正确，但不知道为什么选C， that 在C中指代的是谁，a tool 还是private conversation, 要是临近修饰的话，那就应该是conversation，那这样的话这个选项好像就有问题了。

vi.len

研究一晚上…我来自问自答了…楼楼的提问，that从句和for private conversation一起修饰a tool.
it指代radio，因为Ron说，pronoun ambiguity isn't always -- or even usually -- a fatal error。

vi.len

elusive 发表于 2016-4-13 11:08
B里面a tool for private conversation修饰的是a substitute ，应该是修饰修饰radio。此外不同从句应该句子 ...

那第二句，instead，it has become不会出现指代不清的现象吗？it应该指代radio，但是根据就近原则又指代telephone，这样直接用it不会造成歧义吗？