Prep2 54 alone用法 求教

powers

Greatly influenced by the Protestant missionary Samuel Kirkland, the Oneida was the only one of the five-nation Iroquois League who sided with the colonists during the American Revolution.

(A) was the only one of the five-nation Iroquois League who sided
(B) was alone of the five-nation Iroquois League when they sided
(C) alone among the five nations of the Iroquois League sided
(D) were the only ones out of the five nations of the Iroquois League in siding
(E) only of the five-nation Iroquois League had sided

(C) alone among 是什么词性? 副词吗?

请教alone,only, alone among用法


alone of, only of 怎么错了? 不是经常有什么什么of...吗,阅读里各种稀奇古怪的of见得多了,到这里也麻木了

powers

PREP解释:

2) only作形容词，表示唯一的一个，既然是唯一的一个，后面修饰的名词就不能是复数，否则语义及单复数前后矛盾

比如 lucy and kate are the only two girls in our class. 难道应该要改成 luck and kate is the only girl in our class?

Gail小M

IMO

C-->the meaning is:  Among the five nations of the IL, Oneida sided with the colonists during the American Revolutions alone.
alone here used as a adv.

here, we should not use only OF is because----"five-nation Iroquois League" is a organization or commission<one of the league  :nonsense >

ps: lucy and kate -->subject is two girls.
however, Oneida is ONE of the FIVE  nations, the subject is singular( the usage of "was" in A, IMO, based on the logical meaning of the original sentence,  is right), thus we should use the only ONE

dearsunny

PREP解释:

2) only作形容词，表示唯一的一个，既然是唯一的一个，后面修饰的名词就不能是复数，否则语义及单复数前后矛盾

比如 lucy and kate are the only two girls in our class. 难道应该要改成 luck and kate is the only girl in our class?

-- by 会员 powers (2011/4/9 14:23:04)

这个解释2是用来解释D选项为什么不对的，前面only of **League的问题在于，of 后面的东西应该是复数，要不然就谈不上什么分之唯一了