请教一道语法题

56summer

Marconi’s conception of the radio was as a substitute for the telephone, a tool for private conversation; instead, it is precisely
the opposite, a tool for communicating with a large, public audience.



A. Marconi’s conception of the radio was as a substitute for the telephone, a tool for private conversation; instead, it is

B. Marconi conceived of the radio as a substitute for the telephone, a tool for private conversation, but which is

C. Marconi conceived of the radio as a tool for private conversation that could substitute for the telephone; instead, it has become

D. Marconi conceived of the radio to be a tool for private conversation, a substitute for the telephone, which has become
E. Marconi conceived of the radio to be a substitute for the telephone, a tool for private conversation, other than what it is,



这题答案是C，为什么不选A 呢，我看NN们讨论说A有歧义，可是我看不出来哪里有歧义呀，it优先指代主语就是指代the radio呀？？

silent7706

A.    Marconi’s conception of the radio was as a substitute for the telephone, a tool for private conversation; instead, it is
("it" incorrectly refers to "Marconi's conception" rather than "radio", incorrect)

yawgamoth86

還有一個小的歧義 就是"a tool for private conversation"A中a tool跟在telephone後面 然而根據句子的意思 應該是修飾radio而不是telephone。

greatbelief

这个句子翻译一下会发现有歧义，说的是这个构想是一种替代，而且动词优于抽象名词，所以可以先把A排除，况且其他选项都是动词形式的。

56summer

嗯，明白了，谢谢大家