prep1-165 because of不修饰主句吗

sires_0

165.      (33893-!-item-!-188;#058&007190)

 

 

Due to poaching and increased cultivation in their native habitats, researchers have determined that there are fewer than 100 Arabian leopards left in the wild, and that these leopards are thus many times as rare as
   China's giant pandas.

 

 

(A) Due to poaching and increased cultivation in their native habitats, researchers have determined that there are fewer than 100 Arabian leopards left in the wild, and that these leopards are thus many times as rare as

(B) Due to poaching and increased cultivation in their native habitats, there are fewer than 100 Arabian leopards left in the wild, researchers have determined, making them many times more rare than

(C) There are fewer than 100 Arabian leopards left in the wild due to poaching and increased cultivation in their native habitats, researchers have determined, which makes the leopards many times more rare compared to

(D) Researchers have determined that, because of being poached and increased cultivation in their native habitats, there are fewer than 100 Arabian leopards left in the wild, thus making them many more times as rare as

(E) Researchers have determined that, because of poaching and increased cultivation in their native habitats, there are fewer than 100 Arabian leopards left in the wild, and that these leopards are thus many times more rare than

正确答案为E。

根据prep语法笔记，A中的due to原因状语修饰主句。那DE中because of难道不会产生修饰Researchers have determined that的歧义吗？

[此贴子已经被作者于2009/8/5 22:01:31编辑过]

sires_0

有NN能够帮忙解释一下的吗，不胜感激！！

llaurayale

小女子认为，与A选项不同，E中because of 在宾语从句内，所以不会产生修饰主句的歧义

若有理解偏差请见谅哦

dalphia

‘修饰语（介词短语），主句’的结构中，‘修饰语’修饰‘主句’的意思是修饰‘主句’的‘主语’或‘谓语’，所以A选项逻辑肯定是错的 （修饰‘主语’的介词短语一定要提前，修饰‘谓语’的可以不提前，要依据A选项的‘原意’）

但是如果‘主句’中除了‘其他部分’没有可以修饰的了，比如是there be开头，也可以牵强地说是修饰那个‘其他部分’，但这样的结构问题多多，可以说绝对是错的

sires_0

以下是引用dalphia在2009/8/10 10:49:00的发言：
‘修饰语（介词短语），主句’的结构中，‘修饰语’修饰‘主句’的意思是修饰‘主句’的‘主语’或‘谓语’，所以A选项逻辑肯定是错的 （修饰‘主语’的介词短语一定要提前，修饰‘谓语’的可以不提前，要依据A选项的‘原意’）

但是如果‘主句’中除了‘其他部分’没有可以修饰的了，比如是there be开头，也可以牵强地说是修饰那个‘其他部分’，但这样的结构问题多多，可以说绝对是错的

恩，明细啦！！感谢