想在错误选项中掘点金

Herbert

想在错误选项中掘点金
《OG》第164条：The commission proposed that funding for park’s development, which could be open to the public early next year, is obtained through a local bond issue.
B) that funding for development of the park, which could be open to the public early next year, be
E) development funding for the park, which could be open to the public early next year, is to be
B 是正确选项，但这里我想讨论一下E. 在题后解释中有这样一段，Choice E, which seriously distorts meaning, says that the commission proposed development funding and that such funding could be open to the public…….我想问：为何ETS不说which 从句是修饰park?这不与就近原则相矛盾吗？

tocean0222

I am also confused at the first glance, but when i analyze the structure of the sentence in depth, i find that there are two predicates-proposed and is, in this sentence.So "funding" becomes the object of "proposed" ,and thus the head of the noun phrase.Here unambiguity arises, since the relative clause intoduced by "which" can modify either "funding" or "park", as  the explanation states in OG.In addition, the problem of modifiers in english is very complex,the best wayto solve it,to me, is to understand the intended meaning , get a clear grasp of the structure, and specify  what is modified in a sentence.