prep 07 61 Ron的解释

Etoile-

The bones ofMajungatholus atopus, a meat-eating dinosaur that is a distant relative ofTyrannosaurus rex and closely resembles South American predatory dinosaurs,have been discovered in Madagascar.

(A) The bones of Majungatholusatopus, a meat-eating dinosaur that is a distant relative of Tyrannosaurus rexand closely resembles South American predatory dinosaurs, have been discoveredin Madagascar.

(B) The bones of a meat-eatingdinosaur, Majungatholus atopus, a distant relative of Tyrannosaurus rex andwith a close resemblance to South American predatory dinosaurs, has beendiscovered in Madagascar.

(C) In Madagascar, the bones of ameat-eating dinosaur, Majungatholus atopus, distantly related to Tyrannosaurusrex and closely resembled South American predatory dinosaurs, have beendiscovered.

(D) A distant relative ofTyrannosaurus rex, bearing a close resemblance to South American predatorydinosaurs is Majungatholus atopus, a meat-eating dinosaur, the bones of whichhave been discovered in Madagascar.

(E) A distant relative ofTyrannosaurus rex and closely resembling South American predatory dinosaurs,the bones of a meat-eating dinosaur, Majungatholus atopus, have been discoveredin Madagascar.

Ron对D选项的解释是：the comma __ing modifier is used incorrectly.  (comma __ing modifiers don't just describe nouns.)

为啥说don't just describe nouns?想问问各位大佬 这个解释具体是啥意思？

gongxiaorong

D选项第一个modifier，a distant relative是修饰 Majungatholus atopus的。comma ing 指的是，bearing这一整个modifier，通常“，”也属于修饰语的一部分。bearing这个修饰对象应该是Madagascar，这个离修饰对象太远。正确选项A所有修饰对象离修饰语都很近。（一般紧接着或紧跟着）