9号考，求助语法问题

Isabella1989

Even though it was not illegal for the bank to share its customers' personal and financial information with an outside marketing company in return for a commission on sales, the state's attorney general accused the bank of engaging in deceptive business practices by failing to honor its promise to its customers to keep records private.



(A) by failing to honor its promise to its customers to keep

(B) by its failure of honoring its promise to its customers to keep

(C) in its failing to honor its promise to its customers of keeping

(D) because of its failure in honoring its promise to its customers in keeping

(E) because of its failure to honor its promise to its customers of keeping




为什么选A不选E?

zengx014

If the subjective is attorney, then "doing" means that attorney fails to honor its (bank's) promise. It is nonsense.

viridian

个人觉得这道题用by doing会不会有修饰attorney的歧义呢...
望NN解答~

courtdancer

注意这里修饰的是engaging in deceptive business practices
楼主大概是理解为修饰attorney了..

-- by 会员 FIGHTING618 (2011/6/6 14:21:45)

我觉得你的解释过于笼统了
再深入问一句
那为什么我们会误以为by doing 修饰的是律师呢？我一开始读的时候也觉得应该修饰attorney，但是读不懂
这是否意味着A选项的By doing就有修饰歧义了呢？
但是OG里没有说这里存在歧义，也就是说OG认为by doing语法上修饰engage是完全正确的
也就是说by doing作为状语是修饰就近的动词的，而不是跳跃修饰attorney的动作accuse

-- by 会员 courtdancer (2011/6/6 15:19:45)

但你到底要问的是什么啊？？这里的就是修饰ENGAGE........那个啊。
楼主要不你先把意思理解一下吧，如果BY修饰的是ATTORNEY,这个意思就很突兀了。
bank of engaging in deceptive business practices,前面明明说了人家没犯法，无端端说ACCUSED，你总得解释个原因吧。BY就是原因。不知道你懂了没？

-- by 会员 FIGHTING618 (2011/6/6 15:56:04)

意思上修饰engage谁都懂
我的意思是我们为什么一开始会认为by doing修饰的是attorney的动作而不是bank的动作
因为我们一开始觉得语法上by doing是能够修饰attorney的动作的，于是就先去看by doing是不是修饰attorney
结果发现逻辑不对，导致了读不懂
然后才回过头去看是否修饰engage
退一步讲
假如后面的by doing修饰attorney的动作accuse在逻辑上合理呢？
我的意思只是你这样说解题太过于笼统了

Isabella1989

拜托你先看清楚单数复数
这是BANK means 单数，OK????
BANKS才叫复数啊大姐

-- by 会员 FIGHTING618 (2011/6/6 16:14:57)

牛人不要激动哈，呵呵，我一直都觉得用单数呀，只是上页有人回复我就想问一问。你语法复习有经验吗？

FIGHTING618

拜托你先看清楚单数复数
这是BANK means 单数，OK????
BANKS才叫复数啊大姐

Isabella1989

哪里有个THEIRS啊？我真是无语了

-- by 会员 FIGHTING618 (2011/6/6 16:10:17)

上一页有个牛人说该用theirs 不用its,呵呵

FIGHTING618

哪里有个THEIRS啊？我真是无语了

Isabella1989

为什么是theirs?呵呵

FIGHTING618

注意这里修饰的是engaging in deceptive business practices
楼主大概是理解为修饰attorney了..

-- by 会员 FIGHTING618 (2011/6/6 14:21:45)

我觉得你的解释过于笼统了
再深入问一句
那为什么我们会误以为by doing 修饰的是律师呢？我一开始读的时候也觉得应该修饰attorney，但是读不懂
这是否意味着A选项的By doing就有修饰歧义了呢？
但是OG里没有说这里存在歧义，也就是说OG认为by doing语法上修饰engage是完全正确的
也就是说by doing作为状语是修饰就近的动词的，而不是跳跃修饰attorney的动作accuse

-- by 会员 courtdancer (2011/6/6 15:19:45)

但你到底要问的是什么啊？？这里的就是修饰ENGAGE........那个啊。
楼主要不你先把意思理解一下吧，如果BY修饰的是ATTORNEY,这个意思就很突兀了。
bank of engaging in deceptive business practices,前面明明说了人家没犯法，无端端说ACCUSED，你总得解释个原因吧。BY就是原因。不知道你懂了没？