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joywzy

135. Intar, the oldest Hispanic theater company in New York, has moved away from the Spanish classics and now it draws on the works both of contemporary Hispanic authors who live abroad and of those in the United States.
now it draws on the works both of contemporary Hispanic authors who live abroad and of
now draws on the works of contemporary Hispanic authors, both those who live abroad and those who live
it draws on the works of contemporary Hispanic authors now, both those living abroad and who live
draws now on the works both of contemporary Hispanic authors living abroad and who are
draws on the works now of both contemporary Hispanic authors living abroad and those
In choices A and C, it intrudes between the halves of the compound verb has moved... and [now] draws to introduce a new grammatical subject, thereby creating a run-on sentence:
the inclusion of it requires a comma after classics to set off the new independent clause. The placement of now is awkward in C, and the construction living abroad... and who is not parallel in C and D. Misplacement of words creates ambiguity in E: for example, the positioning of both immediately before the phrase describing the authors suggests that there are only two contemporary Hispanic authors living abroad. The logical word placement and parallel phrasing of B, the best choice, resolve such confusions.

ＯＧ这句话是什么意思：
Misplacement of words creates ambiguity in E: for example, the positioning of both immediately before the phrase describing the authors suggests that there are only two contemporary Hispanic authors living abroad.

是讲平行有歧义，会理解成：the works now of both contemporary Hispanic authors living abroad 与those in the United States平行吗？

谢谢。

bigcamel

这句话是说both直接放在要修饰的短语前造成歧义：只有两个作家生活在海外

joywzy

是这样啊。明白了。谢谢bigcamel
。

girdle

我不明白为什么both suthors会造成歧义，而both those不会歧义呢？是不是both后面接名词会造成歧义而接代词就不会呢？

还有，D的both of contemporary authors会不会有歧义呢？

请大家帮忙解答一下吧！谢谢

goodgoodstudy

B无歧义是因为有 both those ... and those ... 并列

E both ... authors ... and those ... 则可能:

1) [both ... authors ...] and those ...

2) [both ... authors ... and those ... ]

D 结构缺陷, 已经错了, 谈不上歧义啦

hedayong

The placement of now is awkward in C, 为什么awkward?

fbfamous

以下是引用hedayong在2004-8-29 22:45:00的发言：
The placement of now is awkward in C, 为什么awkward?

因为在C中，now修饰的是拉丁美洲的作者，跟contemporary重复了。

放B那里就不一样了，修饰的是draws，明白？

lapoo

Both 用于表明动词意指的行为或状态，可单独用于两个实体中的任一个。 例如Both books weigh more than five pounds,  意指每一本书自身即重过五磅，而不是两本书合起来才重过五磅。当动词不能单独用于实体中的任一个时，用both 是不恰当的。

在所有格结构中，of both 通常是更确切的： the monthers of both（他们的母亲） （而不是 both their monthers ）； the fault of both（他们的过错） （而不是 both their fault 或 both's fault ）。

当both 与 and 在句子中用于连接平行成份时， 连接的词或短语应在语法上保持一致：in both India and China （在印度和中国）或 both in India and in China （而不是 both in India and China ）

peajack

解释的真好

welkin

以下是引用lapoo在2005-2-10 12:06:00的发言：

Both 用于表明动词意指的行为或状态，可单独用于两个实体中的任一个。 例如Both books weigh more than five pounds,  意指每一本书自身即重过五磅，而不是两本书合起来才重过五磅。当动词不能单独用于实体中的任一个时，用both 是不恰当的。

在所有格结构中，of both 通常是更确切的： the monthers of both（他们的母亲） （而不是 both their monthers ）； the fault of both（他们的过错） （而不是 both their fault 或 both's fault ）。

请教大家，the mothers of both是什么意思啊？ 是两个人共同的妈妈吗？但是为什么mother又是复数呢？