句尾ing的一道题，我觉得有歧义。

stellalights

253. Analysts blamed May’s sluggish retail sales on unexciting merchandise as well as the weather, colder and wetter than was usual in some regions, which slowed sales of barbecue grills and lawn furniture.
(A) colder and wetter than was usual in some regions, which slowed
(B) which was colder and wetter than usual in some regions, slowing
(C) since it was colder and wetter than usually in some regions, which slowed
(D) being colder and wetter than usually in some regions, slowing（B）
(E) having been colder and wetter than was usual in some regions and slowed


Ving结构在句尾不是只能有三种情况，逻辑主语=句子主语，表伴随动作；逻辑主语=主句全句，表结果状语；还有一个主系表的结构表补充说明。


请问！这里是哪一种用法啊！我觉得第一种说不通啊，因为主句主语是analysts不可能是slowing的主语，第二种情况也说不通，不可能专家责备这件事导致slowing吧。。。
所以我就不明白了。。求解答！谢谢！

honghegu

亲，ving的agent不一定是句子主语，尤其在前面有两套svo的时候。
到底ving修饰那套svo需要通过commonsense来判断的。
这题ving修饰前面定语从句，which was colder and wetter than usual in some regions

cassiopeiazzy

slowing sales of barbecue grills and lawn furniture是修饰前面降温这件事带来的影响和结果。

我叫嚯哈哈

感谢分享！               

kluivert

关于Ved,Ving修饰...gmatclub上总结的几小点：

1. When verb-ing modifier is separated from the clause using a comma, then this modifier modifies the preceding clause.
2. When verb-ing modifier is not separated from the clause using a comma, then it modifies the preceding noun.
3. When verb-ing modifier is placed in the beginning of the sentence followed by a comma, then it may modify either the subject of the clause or the entire clause, depending upon the context of the sentence.
4. Verb-ed modifier modifies the preceding noun or the noun phrase.
5. When verb-ed modifier is placed in the beginning of the clause followed by a comma, then it modifies the subject of the clause.

kluivert

stellalights 发表于 2013-2-27 15:25
按照你重新写的句子我觉得是没问题，可是不改写的话句子主语不是weather啊，ing做状语应该不是修饰邻近吧， ...

上面解释一点问题没有
，slowing是在修饰整个clause  ---  the weather was colder and wetter than usual in some regions
简单点说就是（the weather was colder and wetter than usual in some regions）减缓了barbecue grills and lawn furniture的销售

翻译过来就 ： 一些地区的异常湿冷的天气造成xxx销售不佳

曹元成

honghegu 发表于 2013-2-27 21:52
找到了：http://www.beatthegmat.com/modifier-issue-expert-t87486.htmlin the two choices (d) and (e),  ...

非常感谢！

daisysnail

个人感觉which...是插入语，去掉后就是...weather slowing...，slowing...修饰weather

hopscotch123

sisichen666 发表于 2013-2-27 15:48
我类个去啊。。。这样子的一般来讲，简单说svo，ving——ving一是做伴随状语，一是做结果状语，一是对主语 ...

你好。这种有两套svo的一般 v-ing都是就近修饰前面的从句的吗？

stellalights

太理解了！茅塞顿开的赶脚真好。。。谢谢谢谢~~~~

honghegu

找到了：http://www.beatthegmat.com/modifier-issue-expert-t87486.html

in the two choices (d) and (e), "applying..." shouldn't be a modifier at all,
because it doesn't actually *modify* anything in the preceding clause -- it gives another, separate aspect of the programs.
number one, the families can move into new housing;
number two, the families can apply part of the rent to a later purchase. these are different things.
so there's really no sense in nitpicking over what it can or can't modify, because it shouldn't be a modifier at all.

also, bear in mind that there is some flexibility here -- if a comma + -ING modifier follows a complex expression that has more than one subject+verb pair, then you may have to use a certain amount of common sense to distinguish what is modified.the modifier still must modify the same rules, but could refer to either of the subject/verb combinations.
e.g.i carried a bag containing six incubators that enclosed baby chicks, supporting them with nutrients and heat.here, the comma -ing modifier modifies only the second subject+verb pair. shown in color:i carried a bag containing six incubators that enclosed baby chicks, supporting them with nutrients and heat.VS.i dropped a bag containing six incubators that enclosed baby chicks, breaking two of them and endangering the chicks' lives.here, the comma -ing modifier modifies the entire preceding clause. shown in color:i dropped a bag (containing six incubators that enclosed baby chicks), breaking two of them and endangering the chicks' lives.