OG 11-109 who的指代问题

swimswan

109. Published in Harlem, the owner and editor of theMessenger were two younq journalists, ChandlerOwen and A. Philip Randolph, who would latermake his reputation as a labor leader_
(A)Published in Harlem, the owner and editor of the Messenger were two young journalists, Chandler Owen and A. Philip Randolph, who would later make his reputation as a labor leader.

(B)Published in Harlem, two young journalists, Chandler Owen and A. Philip Randolph, who would later make his reputation as a labor leader, were the owner and editor of the Messenger.

(C)Published in Harlem, the Messenger was owned and edited by two young journalists, A. Philip Randolph, who would later make his reputation as a labor leader, and Chandler Owen.

(D)The Messenger was owned and edited by two young journalists, Chandler Owen and A. Philip Randolph, who would later make his reputation as a labor leader, and published in Harlem.

(E)The owner and editor being two young journalists, Chandler Owen and A.Philip Randolph, who would later make his reputation as a labor leader, the Messenger was published in Harlem.

Logical predication + Agreement

A modifying phrase must be placed near the word it modifies. Here, the incorrect placement of the modifying phrase published in Harlem makes the phrase describethe owner and editor when it should describe the Messenger. The use of the singular owner and editor is puzzling: did one journalist own and the other edit? Or did they jointly own and edit? It is also unclear which of the two journalists is described in the clause beginning who.

APublished in Harlem incorrectly modifies the owner and editor, references are unclear

BPublished in Harlem incorrectly modifies two young journalists; references are unclear

CCorrect. In this sentence, the modifier correctly describes its object, the Messenger, the verbs indicate that both journalists played both roles;and the relative clause clearly shows Randolph, not Owen, as the owner of the reputation.D The relative clause (who ... leader) lacks a clear referent; placement of published in Harlem is awkward and unclear

E Being introduces an awkward construction; the relative clause (who ... leader) does not have a clear referent

The correct answer is C.



对于D和E的解释有疑问，原句中说的是"who would later make his reputation as a labor leader."这里用的是his,并且这句话紧跟Chandler Owen and A. Philip Randolph，所以这里的who是指A. Philip Randolph，而不可能同时指两个人，怎么会有指代问题呢？


D The relative clause (who ... leader) lacks a clear referent; placement of published in Harlem is awkward and unclear

E Being introduces an awkward construction; the relative clause (who ... leader) does not have a clear referent

The correct answer is C.



对于D和E的解释有疑问，原句中说的是"who would later make his reputation as a labor leader."这里用的是his,并且这句话紧跟Chandler Owen and A. Philip Randolph，所以这里的who是指A. Philip Randolph，而不可能同时指两个人，怎么会有指代问题呢？

swimswan

这个题我后来也想明白了

我之前是根据划线部分的his来判断who只能指代Randolph，
其实啊这个his也可能是错的，所以who有指代两个人的可能