OG12-32题意实在读不懂，求助！！

舟楫

Galileo was convinced that natural phenomena, as manifestations of the laws of physics, would appear
the same to someone on the deck of a ship moving smoothly and uniformly through the“ water as a ”person
standing on land.
(A) water as a
(B) water as to a
(C) water; just as it would to a
(D) water, as it would to the
(E) water; just as to the
答案是B
请问这个题的逻辑意思是什么，读不懂，特别是as manifestations of the laws of physics在句子中起什么作用？

myungryong

as manifestations of the laws of physics插入语

phenomena would appear the same to someone （on the deck of a ship <moving smoothly and uniformly through the  water> ）as to a  person

其实就是 same (to someone) as (to a person)    same as 平行用法

舟楫

as manifestations of the laws of physics插入语

phenomena would appear the same to someone （on the deck of a ship <moving smoothly and uniformly through the  water> ）as to a  person

其实就是 same (to someone) as (to a person)    same as 平行用法

-- by 会员 myungryong (2010/8/26 9:57:20)

明白了，THANKS A MILLION！！

Frennie

我还是有点问题。。。

C 和E 的解释都是semicolom导致了sentence fragment...

到底什么时候才能用分号？？

求教。。。。

h1a2n3l4u5_2003

分号后面应该是个结构完整的句子
c just as it would to a 少了实意动词appear
e 中结构也不完整

这是我的理解

Frennie

那如果C改成。。just as it would do to a...

这样就对了吗？

lusfe

那如果C改成。。just as it would do to a...

这样就对了吗？

-- by 会员 Frennie (2010/9/19 18:57:34)

1. it 和 phenomena 单复数不一致
2. B 的 same as 表达方式 是 idiom

Lynsey玲

曼哈顿上第十章说，分号应该用于连接两个紧密相关且分别相对完整的的句子，所谓相对完整，就是语法上能单独成据，但如果把第二句单独出来则逻辑意思上说不通。