OG024求解 organism's trying

emily927

In virtually all types of tissue in every animal species, dioxin induces the production of enzymes that are the organism's trying to metabolize, or render harmless. the chemical that is irritating it.

(A) trying to metabolize, or render harmless, the chemical that is irritating it
(B) trying that it metabolize, or render harmless, the . chemical irritant
(C) attempt to try to metabolize, or render harmless, such a chemical irritant
(D) attempt to try and metabolize, or render harmless, the chemical irritating it
(E) attempt to metabolize, or render harmless, the chemical irritant

解释是动词+ing可以作为名词来使用，但是在这句话里，用在所有格后面就显得不恰当了。如果用attempt来替换trying则可以解决这个问题。AB可以排除。

是说凡是所有格后都不能用动名词吗？谢谢

nightingale

不是的，参见OG12 No.118
118. The World Wildlife Fund has declared that global warming, a phenomenon most scientists agree to be caused by human beings in burning fossil fuels, will create havoc among migratory birds by altering the environment in ways harmful to their habitats.
(A) a phenomenon most scientists agree to be caused by human beings in burning fossil fuels,
(B) a phenomenon most scientists agree that is caused by fossil fuels burned by human beings,
(C) a phenomenon that most scientists agree is caused by human beings’ burning of fossil fuels,
(D) which most scientists agree on as a phenomenon caused by human beings who burn fossil fuels,
(E) which most scientists agree to be a phenomenon caused by fossil fuels burned by human beings

正确答案是C，里面就有human beings' burning。
我觉得可能还是有抽象名词可以用的话，就用名词替换掉动名词比较好吧。如果没有，也没办法。
所以，这是个有效性的问题，不是语法上错误。24题OG也说了，是it is often awkward，这个就表示其实不是语法的问题。

emily927

谢谢，一直对awkward的含义很模糊。所以觉得24题og的解释不是很清楚