求教 OG10-39

miamiamichelle

OG10-39  For members of the seventeenth-century Ashantination in Africa, animal-hide shields with wooden frames were essential itemsof military equipment, a method to protect warriors against enemy arrowsand spears.
A.     a method to protect
B.     as a method protecting
C.     protecting  
D.    as a protection of
E.     to protect


答案是C  
我选的是A  觉得method做独立主格表伴随  但prep上的解释是说这题不考伴随 protecting 是介词修饰essential items 可是A错在哪儿呢? 只是因为items是复数与a method不符吗？ 可是A method不能代替前面一整句话吗？

alancui

IMO, in the phrase "a method to protect", the infinitive "to protect" is modifying  "a method" that is an appositive describing "items".  I tend to think the GMAC is confusing us with wrong modifier reference just as the explanation in OG says. That is, the "method" can't refer to "items".


To form an absolute phrase, the logical subject and logical predicate must make sense, namely the "method“ and the "protect".  "Method" can not protect sth, while some military equipment can.

OG10-39  For members of the seventeenth-century Ashantination in Africa, animal-hide shields with wooden frames were essential itemsof military equipment, a method to protect warriors against enemy arrowsand spears.
A.     a method to protect
B.     as a method protecting
C.     protecting  
D.    as a protection of
E.     to protect


答案是C  
我选的是A  觉得method做独立主格表伴随  但prep上的解释是说这题不考伴随 protecting 是介词修饰essential items 可是A错在哪儿呢? 只是因为items是复数与a method不符吗？ 可是A method不能代替前面一整句话吗？

-- by 会员 miamiamichelle (2011/12/14 9:02:55)