关于插入语的修饰忽略问题

chenliqiang

1.        Bill Walton continued on playing, even though he had injuries that recurred over and over again, always hoping to return back to his           position   as a regular starter in the game he loved.

(A) on playing, even though he had injuries that recurred over and over again, always hoping to return back

(B) playing, in spite of recurrent injuries, always hoping to return

(C) playing, though injured over and over, and he was always hoping to return back

(D) on playing, even with injuries that recurred, and always hoped to return（B）

(E) to play, despite recurring injuries, hoping that the return

A中说后面的hoping会有修饰injuries的歧义，所以错，那为什么B是对的呢，是不是因为中间有介词短语的插入语，去掉对句子也没有影响，可以直接跳过插入语中的名词，修饰主语。

2         Beatrix Potter, in her book illustrations, carefully coordinating them with her narratives, capitalized on her keen observation and love of the natural world.
                

(A) Beatrix Potter, in her book illustrations, carefully coordinating them with her narratives,

(B) In her book illustrations, carefully coordinating them with her narratives, Beatrix Potter

(C) In her book illustrations, which she carefully coordinated with her narratives, Beatrix Potter

(D) Carefully coordinated with her narratives, Beatrix Potter, in her book illustrations（C）

(E) Beatrix Potter, in her book illustrations, carefully coordinated them with her narratives and

答案是C，没有问题，关键在E，介词短语插入语，可以去掉，不影响愿意，所以E中的THEM指代没有对象。

这个是解释：Them cannot refer to book illustrations because the plural noun is the object of the preposition in;
      the relationships among the parts of the sentence are unclear。

从这两道题目中，我得出的结论是，在修饰的时候，如果中间有个插入语，是不是可以省略的，请NN们帮忙，我实在被这两道题目弄死了。

大家还可以参考以前的讨论：

 http://forum.chasedream.com/dispbbs.asp?boardid=23&replyid=2503867&id=149312&page=1&skin=0&Star=2 

(A) Beatrix Potter, in her book illustrations, carefully coordinating them with her narratives,

(B) In her book illustrations, carefully coordinating them with her narratives, Beatrix Potter

(C) In her book illustrations, which she carefully coordinated with her narratives, Beatrix Potter

(D) Carefully coordinated with her narratives, Beatrix Potter, in her book illustrations（C）

(E) Beatrix Potter, in her book illustrations, carefully coordinated them with her narratives and

答案是C，没有问题，关键在E，介词短语插入语，可以去掉，不影响愿意，所以E中的THEM指代没有对象。

这个是解释：Them cannot refer to book illustrations because the plural noun is the object of the preposition in;
      the relationships among the parts of the sentence are unclear。

从这两道题目中，我得出的结论是，在修饰的时候，如果中间有个插入语，是不是可以省略的，请NN们帮忙，我实在被这两道题目弄死了。

大家还可以参考以前的讨论：

 http://forum.chasedream.com/dispbbs.asp?boardid=23&replyid=2503867&id=149312&page=1&skin=0&Star=2 

[此贴子已经被作者于2008-8-26 13:10:50编辑过]

AlienX

1.
A - "over and over again" is redundant because of "recurred"
C - "back" is redundant because of "return"
D - "on" is redundant because of "continued"
E - "the return..." is a fragment.
只好選B, 可是B中的"in spite of..."好像雙修comma前&後?
umm...不是很肯定, 可是even though he had injuries that recurred over and over again是從句, hoping是有可能修"recurred"?
B沒有這個問題因為in spite of recurrent injuries不是一個(從)句子

chenliqiang

你的意思是，如果不是一个句子，可以越过这个结构直接修饰吗，这样子不会引起歧义是不是啊

AlienX

yes

chenliqiang

那第二题是不是也是这个情况阿

AlienX

umm...其實之前我看到OG's explanation我也不知道它在說什麼
今天看了一本reference本, 上面剛好有說
S+V+preposition+O
要指代O是可以
除此結構以外, try hard to avoid指代preposition的受詞...由其是prepositional插入短語中的受詞
所以不好, 不代表不可以...
sigh...念不完的東東...

[此贴子已经被作者于2008-8-27 1:42:56编辑过]

AlienX

example:


    

5.         (24635-!-item-!-188;#058&001505)

Like
their male counterparts, women scientists are above average in terms of
intelligence and creativity, but unlike men of science, their female
counterparts have had to work against the grain of occupational
stereotyping to enter a "man's world."

    

(A)
their female counterparts have had to work
(B)
their problem is working
(C) one
thing they have had to do is work
(D) the
handicap women of science have had is to work
(E)
women of science have had to work

    
prep分析注释有道理, 可是我覺得unlike是一個preposition, 所以A主句的指代(their)不可以指men of science...
回頭看OG/Prep, 發現Like/Unlike X, Y.  如果有指代都是出現在X而不會是Y.