prep1-40 搜了坛子，没人问过

hallieJJ

With an awareness that there are connotations associated with the numbers 1 and 2 and the letters
A and B, companies conducting consumer taste tests of foods or beverages typically choose
numbers such as 697 or 483 to label the products.

(A) With an awareness that there are connotations associated with the numbers 1 and 2 and the
letters A and B
(B) Because the numbers 1 and 2 and the letters A and B have connotations they are aware of
(C) Because of an awareness of the numbers 1 and 2 and the letters A and B having connotations
(D) Aware of the connotations of the numbers 1 and 2 and the letters A and B
(E) Since the numbers 1 and 2 and the letters A and B have connotations associated with them and
they are aware of it  

OA是D， 我的问题是，为什么the letter前面没有补充OF呢？  这样会导致歧义的呀！！the letter A and B 是和CONNOTATION平行呢，还是和NUMBER1 AND 2平行。 从逻辑上是可以判断，但是语法上是不清楚的呀！
不过似乎又衍生出一个问题，即使加上了OF，也还是不清晰，因为aware of the connotations of ，这里有两个of 。。。。额。。。

哪位帮助分析下？ 给偶个理由，说这里语法上也不会造成歧义？
偶好像有点钻牛角尖。。。。。。。谢过各位啦

Christianyang

把the numbers 1 and 2和the letters A and B当成整体来看，就可以了。

luojiawhu

我和楼主的想法是一样的，始终觉得说服不了自己。A and B会造成歧义的。

我也搜了好久，搜到这个帖子，搜了半小时，突然想到一个解释，不知道合不合理。

如果说the letters A and B要和Connotation平行的话，应该是
Aware of the connotations of the numbers 1 and 2 and of the letters A and B，加上of才能如此理解吧，所以没加，就当是和1 and 2一起了。不会歧义。

突然发现这帖子10年的了。。。