双向修饰

charlie6989

OG11-95

Unlike Schoenberg's twelve-tone system that dominated the music of the postwar period, Bartok founded no school and left behind only a handful of disciples.
(A)    Schoenberg's twelve-tone system that dominated
(B)    Schoenberg and his twelve-tone system which dominated
(C)    Schoenberg, whose twelve-tone system dominated
(D)    the twelve-tone system of Schoenberg that has dominated
(E)    Schoenberg and the twelve-tone system, dominating

ans C
The verb phrase dominating ... is called a "squinting modifier" because it looks in both direc¬tions: given the structure of the sentence, it could be meant to modify either Schoenberg and the twelve-tone system or Bartok

大全 141

141.    As the price of gasoline rises, which makes substituting alcohol distilled from cereal grain attractive, the prices of bread and livestock feed are sure to increase.
(A) which makes substituting alcohol distilled from cereal grain attractive
(B) which makes substituting the distillation of alcohol from cereal grain attractive
(C) which makes distilling alcohol from cereal grain an attractive substitute
(D) making an attractive substitution of alcohol distilled from cereal grain
(E) making alcohol distilled from cereal grain an attractive substitute

ans:E

请问为何大全这题不会造成双向修饰呢

Austen1985

Unlike Schoenberg's twelve-tone system that dominated the music of the postwar period, Bartok founded no school and left behind only a handful of disciples.
(A)    Schoenberg's twelve-tone system that dominated
(B)    Schoenberg and his twelve-tone system which dominated
(C)    Schoenberg, whose twelve-tone system dominated
(D)    the twelve-tone system of Schoenberg that has dominated
(E)    Schoenberg and the twelve-tone system, dominating

这道题选C的原因是所选项部分要与Bartok 对称，只有人和人才能相比。unlike A..,B...   A和B必须是同类才有可比性。

所以与大全那题的考点不同

connie4895

以下是引用charlie6989在2008-11-8 22:34:00的发言：
OG11-95

Unlike Schoenberg's twelve-tone system that dominated the music of the postwar period, Bartok founded no school and left behind only a handful of disciples.
(A)    Schoenberg's twelve-tone system that dominated
(B)    Schoenberg and his twelve-tone system which dominated
(C)    Schoenberg, whose twelve-tone system dominated
(D)    the twelve-tone system of Schoenberg that has dominated
(E)    Schoenberg and the twelve-tone system, dominating

ans C
The verb phrase dominating ... is called a "squinting modifier" because it looks in both direc¬tions: given the structure of the sentence, it could be meant to modify either Schoenberg and the twelve-tone system or Bartok

大全 141

141.    As the price of gasoline rises, which makes substituting alcohol distilled from cereal grain attractive, the prices of bread and livestock feed are sure to increase.
(A) which makes substituting alcohol distilled from cereal grain attractive
(B) which makes substituting the distillation of alcohol from cereal grain attractive
(C) which makes distilling alcohol from cereal grain an attractive substitute
(D) making an attractive substitution of alcohol distilled from cereal grain
(E) making alcohol distilled from cereal grain an attractive substitute

ans:E

请问为何大全这题不会造成双向修饰呢

前面那题是修饰对象的问题，后面这题是做伴随状语，指前面的句子发生了，产生了后面的结果，所以不能用which, 因为which不能指代前面发生过的事

逃离北京

这个我也同问, 虽然两道题我都明白选什么了，因为其他的考点
但是两个逗号间，以ving开头的修饰语，倒是算不算dangling呢？