OG 2018分册的第273题，关于modifier的小问题

Rachelful

打扰一下各位，

Rachelful

In theory, international civil servants at the United Nations are prohibited from continuing to draw salaries from their own governments; in practice, however, some governments merely substitute living allowances for their employee's paychecks, assigned by them to the United Nations.

(A) for their employee's paychecks, assigned by them
(B) for the paychecks of their employees who have been assigned
(C) for the paychecks of their employees, having been assigned
(D) in place of their employee's paychecks, for those of them assigned
(E) in place of the paychecks of their employees to have been assigned by them

Rachelful

最近在整理自己的千行，错误选项想每一个问题都找出来，看A的时候始终想不通为什么OG的解释要说assigned by them是用来形容paychecks的呢？我是想着说，这种comma+participle modifier应该是一个伴随状语啊，主语是some governments啊

Rachelful

望好心人能指点一二

大鸟哿

A选项Assigned by被动语态错误，而且即使语态正确，其句子含义也不符合however吧。

贝西文迅

Rachelful 发表于 2017-11-22 18:06
最近在整理自己的千行，错误选项想每一个问题都找出来，看A的时候始终想不通为什么OG的解释要说assigned by ...

首先，关于comma+ed，楼主的理解没有问题。援引RON的说法：in general, "comma + __ed" can describe the noun directly in front of it, but can also describe the subject (James collapsed onto the couch, exhausted from a long day at work). 详细可以看这个帖子的讨论：https://forum.chasedream.com/forum.php?mod=viewthread&tid=1302483&highlight=comma%2Bed
其次，无论主语是governments，还是就近修饰前面的名词paychecks，这里的assigned，修饰对象都是有问题的。实际上，句意是说，一些国家仅仅是用生活津贴，代替了那些被指派到联合国的工作人员的工资。我觉得这里要takeaway的收获，是明白GMAT很喜欢考以COMMA ING 和 COMMA ED 为代表的修饰关系问题，也就是说，下次选项出现了这样的信号，我们要形成问下自己，这个修饰对象是谁，是否符合逻辑，符合句意的思维即可。RON也说过，OG的解释也不完全讲得对，没有必要强迫自己按照那个思维来，只要保证自己下次碰到这样的题，能排除错误选项，选对就好了。总之不用太纠结OG的解释，个人理解。

Rachelful

贝西文迅 发表于 2017-11-28 00:17
首先，关于comma+ed，楼主的理解没有问题。援引RON的说法：in general, "comma + __ed" can describe the ...

太谢谢你了，我会好好消化的！谢谢！

vista028

贝西文迅 发表于 2017-11-28 00:17
首先，关于comma+ed，楼主的理解没有问题。援引RON的说法：in general, "comma + __ed" can describe the ...

同意！