OG12-110 好多疑问，纠结中。。。。望牛牛们指导，感激不尽！！

sasha_wen

110. 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.
(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.
答案是C没有问题，我不理解OG的解释：
1、Here, the incorrect placement of the modifying phrase published in Harlem makes the phrase describe the 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? A 会带来这样的疑问，那为什么C就能清楚交代谁owner and editor??因为我觉得C也可以理解为一个人owner另一人editor，或两个人合起来owner and editor??
2、It is also unclear which of the two journalists is described in the clause beginning who.难道who能跳跃修饰Chandler Owen或A. Philip Randolph， 还是两个都能修饰？？到底who 能不能跳跃修饰？？

zwhjzwhj

看来还没有结论。

这道题我有同样的不解，虽然题目作对了，但OG的解释反倒让我纳闷了。

A说，the owner and editor of The Messenger were two young journalists,
解释说，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?
好吧这的确有点puzzling

可是，C的说法就不puzzling了吗？
C说，The Messenger was owned and edited by two young journalists,
解释说，the verbs indicate that both journalists played both roles
我就无语了，你从哪看出来的。。。

第二方面，“人名1 and 人名2，who” 这样的修饰会使who unclear？

ding

-- by 会员 sasha_wen (2011/1/15 19:29:38)

lz你给个话啊。。这个你明白没啊……

-- by 会员 superbat28 (2011/7/21 20:50:30)

mslancaster

楼上诸位不需要我说A了吧？

我说一下D，你要是把那两个人的名字看做插入语（定语从句中确实有过很多插入语被跳过指代的例子，详见大全，OG11，或者等我找到补上来），那么who指代的是谁？journalists,   which is still a logical referent that "who" in this sentence may refer to.

feathsea8

顶。。。who的指代实在是没法理解。。。

zhongshanlh

这个题目成了历史遗留题目了，，，现在再看还是有问题啊
OG 对A中的解释说references are unclear.但是我现在个人还是认为这里的who定从没有问题，因为定从中有his，所以排出了who指代2个人的可能，然后就近指代A. Philip Randolph，木有问题啊

真心呼唤NN

zhongshanlh

up

ahasusanna

再顶一个，我是超级玛丽~~

ahasusanna

顶~斑竹快来

ahasusanna

不明白不明白~
who就不能就近指代吗，那要是想说APR blablabla就非得把它写前面再加从句么

sharon20

不明白啊不明白~盼望大牛出来解答啊~！！！