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smartcoco

139. The extraordinary diary of William Lyon Mackenzie King, prime minister of Canada for over twenty years, revealed that this most bland and circumspect of men was a mystic guided in both public and private life by omens, messages received at seances, and signs from heaven.

(A)  that this most bland and circumspect of men was a mystic guided in both public and

(B)  that this most bland and circumspect of men was a mystic and also guided both in public as well as

(C)  this most bland and circumspect of men was a mystic and that he was guided in both public and

(D)  this most bland and circumspect of men was a mystic and that he was guided in both public as well as

(E)   this most bland and circumspect of men to have been a mystic and that he guided himself both in public as well as

Choice A is best. All of the other choices present errors in coordination or parallelism and also confusingly suggest that King's being a mystic and being guided... by omens... were separate matters. In addition, these choices contain errors in grammar and idiom. Choice B ungrammatically uses and also to link the noun mystic and the past participle guided。In choices C and D, that is required to introduce the clause x was a mystic if that introduces the second clause, he was guided.... In choice E, to have been a mystic and that he guided... are not parallel. Finally, B, D, and E use the unidiomatic both x as well as y instead of both x and y.

问题：

1、好像还是不明白og的解释，如果c答案改为：that this most bland and circumspect of men was a mystic and that he was guided in both public and 是否正确呢？

2、also confusingly suggest that King's being a mystic and being guided... by omens... were separate matters。这句解释什么意思？

谢谢

rt316

原句A中，guided in ...是作为mystic(神秘主义者)的定语结构，也即主从关系，而其他四个选项guided ...作为一个平行结构存在，使得这个结构与mystic之间不存在A那样的主从关系，于是，你的两个问题也就都回答了。

smartcoco

thanks a lots