那加上下面这个你引用的例子就是说, 后面的修饰成分,既可以修饰前面也可以后面,关键看逻辑?
Byron possessed powers of observation that would have made him a great anthropologist and that makes his letters as a group the rival of the best novels of the time. that...and that.....两个定语从句跳过ofovservation修饰了powers名词,这种情况下虽然语法上修饰的是obseration,但是逻辑上修饰的却是powers,照理说修饰有歧义了,但是这种n. of n.跳跃过名词修饰前面名词时允许的。
known as “The Iron Horse,” 是就近修饰baseball star Lou Gehrig的。 雷打不动的语法条例,就是无论什么形式一定是优先考虑就近修饰对象,其次在考虑跳跃修饰的问题。 Lou Gehrig which is known as “The Iron Horse,” 这个很明了,也很符合逻辑。 The endurance and consistency are know as “The Iron Horse,” 这个根本不通,也不合逻辑。 所以语法其实并不是死条例,很多情况下还是要靠逻辑的,具体情况具体分析咯。 -- by 会员 jiaxizou (2010/1/21 14:48:55)
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