08版prep2解释的问题，求大家帮助

lxmlmj

168 The first shots of the American Revolution, fired at Lexington and Concord, Massachusetts, were, according to legend, heard around the world, but news of these shots, which were sent by swift messenger, took four days in reaching New York City as well as another additional
eleven days to reach Charleston, South Carolina.
A. shots, which were sent by swift messenger, took four days in reaching New York City as
well as another additional eleven days
B. shots that was sent by swift messenger took four days in order to reach New York City, and
also another eleven days
C. shots that were sent by swift messenger took four days to reach New York City and
another eleven days
D. shots took four days by swift messenger in order to reach New York City and another
eleven days in addition
E. shots took four days by swift messenger to reach New York City and another eleven days

答案是E
根据08版prep的对(B)的解释是， 用了限定性定语从句修饰news，意思就是“信使所遣送的枪弹”，错误，应该用非限定性修饰；
我想问的是，b选项首先这个用了was，正好和news对应了，所以他修饰news没有问题，逻辑也很通顺啊，这些枪声的消息被信使们传递，为什么解释说他修饰了shots呢，要是修饰shots，应该像C选项那样，用were啊！ 难道是限定性定语从句只能修饰shots而不能修饰news吗？

eshopaholic

难道是限定性定语从句只能修饰shots而不能修饰news吗？

是的

deityc

我也有这个疑问

首先我觉得语法笔记里面的说法就有些矛盾：用了限定性定语从句修饰news，意思就是“信使所遣送的枪弹”，如果是修饰News 就应该是”被信使遣送的子弹的消息“

其次，我觉得这句之所以错，是因为虽然有例子可以证明 that能跳跃指代NEWs(不像楼上说的) 但还是有歧义。并且in order to不好

deityc

而且本身 that was 一般都是 wordy

aaintw

我发现都没有人关心这个点诶……“ by swift messenger”为什么出现在four days之后呢，这样后面的11days也共享么？我一直以为考的是平行才选的C……

colasama

LS比较可爱，哈哈~~
建议你把正确答案多读几遍，读到顺为止，培养一下语感~

by swift messenger这种信息,省略掉更简介，而且完全不会产生歧义的，当然可以省略掉。否则，岂不是连took什么的全都要补上？
shots took four days by swift messenger to reach New York City and another eleven days（by swift messenger）