OG 10 1 1 题 不懂解释

cedricwen

11.Based on accounts of various ancient writers, scholars have painted asketchy picture of the activities of an all-female cult that, perhaps as earlyas the sixth century B.C., worshipped a goddess known in Latin as Bona Dea,"the good goddess."
(A) Based on accounts of various ancient writers
(B) Basing it on various ancient writers' accounts
(C)  Withaccounts of various ancient writers used for a basis
(D)  By theaccounts of various ancient writers they used
(E)  Usingaccounts of various ancient writers

In choice A, theintroductory clause beginning Based on modifiesscholars, the noun that immediatelyfollows it: in other words, A says that scholarswere based on the accounts of variousancient writers. Choice B is awkward andimpre­cise in that the referent for the pronoun it is not immediately clear. C and D are also wordyand awkward, and in D By the accounts...they used is an unidiomatic and roundabout way of saying that scholars usedme accounts. E, the best choice, is clear and concise; it correctly uses apresent participle (or "-ing" verb) to introduce the modifierdescribing how the scholars worked.




我想问下A和E的区别？
为什么解释说Based on 这个引导从句直接修饰了scholars？
不解呀...


谢谢各位啦！

Chuckle

前面分词引导的成分modifies紧跟着的主语。就这点上说，A和E没啥区别，主语scholar同时也是前面分词的主语。 不过套进去后，过去分词表被动，scholars were based on 逻辑意思上说不通。