GWD-18-Q18 大牛赐教！！！

xingxc11

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
1news在这里是否为视为单数？were指代了shots逻辑错误 所以排除AC  那么B 中的that was 这点有错误吗？如果不考虑其他错误的话。

deityc

同问，也有相同的问题，此题为什么不能用限定修饰。

cooperlee01

(c) contains "shots that were sent by swift messenger", illogically implying that the shots themselves were sent by swift messenger.
yeah, but "news" is singular. (sorry, you just have to memorize that one.) so that modification doesn't work, because "were" is a plural verb.
(b) has "in order to", which is incorrect.
"IN ORDER TO" specifies the GOAL or PURPOSE of an action.

i took four days to finish the project -- correct
i took four days in order to finish the project -- incorrect
here, the second version is incorrect because “a finished project” is not a goal; it just describes what took four days.

i took four days off work in order to finish the project -- correct
in this case, my purpose in taking four days off work -- i.e., the goal that i hoped to achieve by doing so -- was to finish the project.

atobe1989

(c) contains "shots that were sent by swift messenger", illogically implying that the shots themselves were sent by swift messenger.
yeah, but "news" is singular. (sorry, you just have to memorize that one.) so that modification doesn't work, because "were" is a plural verb.
(b) has "in order to", which is incorrect.
"IN ORDER TO" specifies the GOAL or PURPOSE of an action.

i took four days to finish the project -- correct
i took four days in order to finish the project -- incorrect
here, the second version is incorrect because “a finished project” is not a goal; it just describes what took four days.

i took four days off work in order to finish the project -- correct
in this case, my purpose in taking four days off work -- i.e., the goal that i hoped to achieve by doing so -- was to finish the project.

-- by 会员 cooperlee01 (2011/9/9 1:16:02)

说的很好！顶起！