求助 OG17 686 in having

cynthiadocc

686.Unlike the nests of leaf cutters and most other ants, situated underground or in pieces of wood, raider ants make a portable nest by entwining their long legs to form “curtains” of ants that hang from logs or boulders, providing protection for

the queen and the colony larvae and pupae.

(A) the nests of leaf cutters and most other ants,

(B) the nests of leaf cutters and most other ants, which are

(C) leaf cutters and most other ants, whose nests are

(D) leaf cutters and most other ants in having nests

(E) those of leaf cutters and most other ants with nests

OG 解释：(D) This sentence correctly compares leaf cutters and other ants with raider ants, but the prepositional phrase in having nests suggests that it is raider ants, not leaf cutters and most other ants, that have nests situated underground or in pieces of wood; however, the rest of the sentence indicates that in fact raider ants’ nests are not situated in such locations.

提问：怎么看出来 in having 会suggests 是raider ants situated undeground...

不太理解in having这个语法点

LLEOE

这里的in是介词，而having是动名词短语，而名词是没有逻辑主语的，所以这里我们不知道是哪种蚂蚁having nests，而C选项的定语从句更加的明确。

cynthiadocc

谢谢～我可以这样理解和总结吗？ in having 算是一个介宾短语，而介宾短语修饰谁是要看逻辑的，这里修饰leaf cutters and most other ants，或者raider ants 都是行得通的，所以不太清晰。
另，之前有看到一个知识点，我想能解决我的问题了，就是“ 介宾做定语，修饰主句的主语”。这个句子的主语是raider ants，而这个修饰语与句子后面make a portable nest...是矛盾的，所以d是错误的。

cynthiadocc

我想上面我说的“ 介宾做定语，修饰主句的主语”是错的，og的678 e的介宾 with its hundreds of miniature eyes called ommatidia，并不是修饰主句的主语 the intricate structure,而是就近修饰了the compound insect eye.

678.The intricate structure of the compound insect eye, having hundreds of miniature eyes called ommatidia, help explain why scientists have assumed that it evolved independently of the vertebrate eye.（e）

(A) having hundreds of miniature eyes called ommatidia, help explain why scientists have assumed that it
(B) having hundreds of miniature eyes that are called ommatidia, helps explain why scientists have assumed that they
(C) with its hundreds of miniature eyes that are called ommatidia, helps explain scientists’ assuming that they
(D) with its hundreds of miniature eyes called ommatidia, help explain scientists’ assuming that it
(E) with its hundreds of miniature eyes called ommatidia, helps explain why scientists have assumed that it

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cynthiadocc 发表于 2017-11-25 09:41
我想上面我说的“ 介宾做定语，修饰主句的主语”是错的，og的678 e的介宾 with its hundreds of miniature  ...

那请问这个in doing 这个知识点在曼哈顿语法上有嘛