我觉得:这个已经不是简洁不简洁的问题,而是有没有歧义的问题。
我们反过来看B,把B后面的同位语去掉变成wings, so smooth and so perfectly shaped。可以看出:这样的修饰会有歧义,就像下面的A
OG253.Analysts blamed May’s sluggish retail sales on unexciting merchandise as well as the weather, colder and wetter than was usual in some regions, which slowed sales of barbecue grills and lawn furniture. (A) colder and wetter than was usual in some regions, which slowed (B) which was colder and wetter than usual in some regions, slowing (C) since it was colder and wetter than usually in some regions, which slowed (D) being colder and wetter than usually in some regions, slowing (E) having been colder and wetter than was usual in some regions and slowed Choice B is the best answer. It is concise and idiomatic, and which has a clear referent, the weather.
因此,为了避免歧义(这个应该属于correct的错误),重复指代对象是正确的用法,OG中那道computer用法和XDF补充材料上的一题都属于类似的情况(如下)
Floating in the waters of the equatorial pacific, an array of bouys collects and transmits data on long-term interactions between the ocean and the atmosphere, interactions that affact global climate.
A. atmosphere, interactions that affect
B. atmosphere, with interactions affecting
C. atmosphere that affects
D. atmosphere that is affecting
E. atmosphere as affects
答案A |