求教OG 12 11题的E解释....

orochiaiacos

There are several ways to build solid walls using just mud or clay, but the most extensively used method has been the forming of bricks out of mud or clay, and, after some preliminary air drying or sun drying, they are laid in the wall in mud mortar.

(A)the forming of bricks out of mud or clay, and, after some preliminary air drying or sun drying, they are laid


(B)forming the mud or clay into bricks, and, after some preliminary air drying or sun drying, to lay them

(C)having bricks formed from mud or clay, and, after some preliminary air drying or sun drying, they were laid

(D)to form the mud or clay into bricks, and, after some preliminary air drying or sun drying, to lay them

(E)that bricks were formed from mud or clay, which, after some preliminary air drying or sun drying, were laid

The relative clause beginning with which apparently (but nonsensically) describes the closest nouns, mud or clay, rather than bricks.

which的谓语明显是WERE，是复数啊，怎么可能指代mud or clay 这个单数短语呢？？？明显指代bricks啊~~~~

orochiaiacos

求帮助啊。。

毛毛carina

which一般情况下只能指代它前面的那个单词，少数情况下可以跳跃一个修饰成分而指代修饰成分的修饰对象。

另外要搞清楚一个事情，是主语的单复数决定谓语的单复数，不是通过谓语的单复数来反推谁是主语

orochiaiacos

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