还有一道比较刁钻的独立主格 prep205

marjoriee

Unlike most other mergers in the utility industry, which have been driven by the need to save money and extend companies’ service areas, the merger of the nation’s leading gas and electric company is intended to create a huge marketing network for the utilities in question with states opening their utility markets to competition.E

A. and electric company is intended to create a huge marketing network for the utilities in question with states opening

B. and electric companies are intended to create a huge network for marketing the utilities in question as states open

C. and electric companies are intended to create a huge network that will be marketing the utilities in question, with states opening

D. company and electric company are intending to create a huge marketing network for the utilities in question, with states opening      (E)

E. company and leading electric company is intended to create a huge network for marketing the utilities in question as states open

想请教一下，

with的复合结构：

有逗号，就是独立主格，伴随句子的谓语动词

无逗号，做状语，如题目中的A，with做状语修饰的是the nation’s leading gas and electric company吗？？

                    因为假如 with states 做定语，那么修饰的是 the utilities in question，但是，with做状语修饰能修饰名词
                    the nation’s leading gas and electric company 吗？？？？
又在线等大神降临。。。。。。。

marjoriee

另外。曼哈顿上说：

介词短语修饰就近的名词，  the nation’s leading gas and electric company不是最近的介词短语。。。。。。

The intricate structure of the compound insect eye, with its hundreds of miniature eyes called ommatidia, helps explain why scientists have assumed that it evolved independently of the vertebrate eye. 因为called ommatidia并不是表示miniature eyes的动作、状态等独立主格表示出来的逻辑，本质上with its hundreds of miniature eyes called ommatidia并非独立主格结构，而是单纯的介词短语，介词短语修饰的是其临近的名词或名词短语，在此根据逻辑with短语修饰临近的the compound insect eye

marjoriee

dingdingding~~不要掉下去哇，满地打滚。。。。。

marjoriee

自己顶个。。。。

marjoriee

不要掉下去哇~~满地打滚

alzn2765

首先，这道题通过单复数秒选：merger of gas and electrical companies is 或者 merger of gas company/ companies and electrical company/ companies is 就这么两种表达方式（虽然逻辑意思都不同，但好歹没更严重的逻辑错误），秒选E.
你说的with states opening，肯定是状语，状语修饰动词create：在国家开放xxx的情况下去create xxx。

拙见，还等高手指点。