三道疑惑语法(gwd-12-20, 32, 34)

vincent0330

另外....主句的also也是因为这个made provision的 the act of Congress, 所以用来加强established的这动作......

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weiyu

Choice D may employs an error of "squinting modifier".

To be discussed...

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robertchu

My choice: C, E, A.

In Q20, A, "the act of Congress that ..." is actually correct, because "the act of Congress" is not name of a specific law, but a generic term referring to law(s) enacted by the Congress. It's quite possible that within that one day the Congress enacted several laws, and only one of them approved the moving of the capital to DC and the establishing the Library of Congresss.

Discussions?

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tianwan

同意robertchu：“In Q20, A, "the act of Congress that ..." is actually correct, because "the act of Congress" is not name of a specific law, but a generic term referring to law(s) enacted by the Congress. It's quite possible that within that one day the Congress enacted several laws, and only one of them approved the moving of the capital to DC and the establishing the Library of Congresss.”

偶一开始选D，怎么也不明白D错在哪儿，现在看了robertchu的解释，明白了。多谢。

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mariezhu

I disagree.

first, squint modifier refers to a modifier that can either govern something before or behind it. However, in this sentence, the two modifiers can only be related to act of congress.

Sure, it is possible that several acts were approved, but unless you can actually approve so, a non-restrictive clause is preferable.

Don't forget that the whole sentence mentions only one act of congress. Are you sure enough that there are actually more than one acts approved and you have the absolute need to use a restrictive clause to make the above-mentioned act distinguished from others that didn't make provision.. bla bla?

LES

marie mm, 这样看一下D选项，

Approved April 24, 1800, making provision for the removal of the government of the United States to the new federal city, Washington, D.C., the act of Congress also established

highlight部分是插入语，－>非限定修饰成分，－>拿走不影响句意，－>
Approved April 24, 1800, the act of Congress also established...... 这样的话，also 在这里会使人产生不解的。

robertchu

I respectfully disagree.
I believe unless 1) you can prove that there is only one act entactedthat day, and 2) the readers clearly know which act the speaker isreferring to and there is no possibility of confusion, a restrictivenoun clause should be preferred.

tianwan

1，这个“the act of Congress”是不是一个法案的名称？是不是一个独一无二的东东？是不是一个专有名词，像the earth一样？是不是the act of Congress就是指这个1800年的法案？我觉得应该不是的，

2，那么，the act of Congress 中的the要有所指，A里的the指向that从句，D里的the无指向。所以D肯定是错的。

kingsoft

     讨论的真精彩！！！

mariezhu

Hehe, I absolutely do not want to refer "the act of congress" to the name of the very act, nor I intend to regard it as an unique act of congress without precedents or successors. I'm simply wondering whether it is necessay to imply, via a restrictive clause, that on a single day there was actually more than one act approved.

Furthermore, I don't understand why the article "the" should be followed by sth, as you say. For example, "The little girl, who just lost her grand-parents, is in deep sorrow" it's a quite common way to say "the+ sb/something" followed by a non-restrictive clause, isn't it?

I'm very confused for the time being. Anyway, thanks for all of you for the time you have taken to talk about the question with me. Maybe I need some time to think about it. I hope when I look back, I will suddenly understand what you mean.