借用一下stoneren的思路.
首先是主语到底是单数还是复数,我个人倾向于单数
我觉得应该用复数, one of the three best novels ever written by, 其中written by应该是修饰three novels. 如果用单数,难免有三本书出自同一人之嫌。
第二,到底是A's B的所有格表达清楚还是by介短表达清楚,我倾向于前者,而且前者平行
我觉得是by表达清楚。
首先,A by B结构明确得表达了B创作了A这个关系。Longman上是这么解释的:
▶WRITER/COMPOSER ETC◀ used to give the name of someone who wrote a book, produced a film, wrote a piece of music etc - the 'New World Symphony' by Dvorak - a short story by Charles Dickens - Who's it by?
而B's A只是表达了所属关系。我觉得没有B by A清楚。补充一个大全的例子:
1. A collection of 38 poems by Phillis Wheatley, a slave, was published in the 1770’s, the first book by a Black woman and it was only the second published by an American woman.
(A) it was only the second published by an American woman
(B) it was only the second that an American woman published
(C) the second one only published by an American woman
(D) the second one only that an American woman published(E)
(E) only the second published by an American woman
第三,B中的including我认为表达地不是很清楚,修饰对象并不明确。
我觉得这问题应该和破折号有关,同marie mm一样,我也不明白为什么有破折号。不知道大家对这个破折号有什么看法?
[此贴子已经被作者于2004-7-30 12:09:29编辑过] |