下面就是今天
SAT语法考点之错位修饰浅析!众所周知critical thinking 贯穿于整个SAT考试，即需要考生以批判性，分析性的思维去分析考题，其中语法部分虽属于简单环节，不过有时候也经常暗藏玄机，比如我们之前在Identify Sentence Error中分析过的容易被同学们忽略的逻辑题，词汇误用题，今天我们来讲讲Improving Sentence中错位修饰的问题。
也就是说，有些句子看似语法结构没有大问题，但是从句意修饰来看，则有歧义或者存在谬论。就像生活一样，看似波澜不惊，平淡无奇，可总会发生些意想不到的事，只看其一面，却不想其还深深隐藏着未曾谈刺到的另一面——不想到合适的办法便会手足无措;这些题目也一样，不知其所以然，失分之后也会懊恼不已。让我们通过以下真题和练习来剖析其本质：
1. 2010.1 / S6. 2
The chair of the school board announced a plan to build two new elementary schools during an interview with a local news reporter.
(A) The chair of the school board announced a plan to build two new elementary schools during an interview with a local news reporter.
(B) The chair of the school board announced that two new elementary schools were planned to be built during an interview with a local news reporter.
(C) The chair of the school board, during an interview with a local news reporter, announced a plan building two new elementary schools.
(D) During an interview with a local news reporter, the chair of the school board announcing a plan to build two new elementary schools.
(E) During an interview with a local news reporter, the chair of the school board announced a plan to build two new elementary schools.
这道题目的A选项(即NO ERROR选项)从我们常见的出发点比如时态，主谓，搭配，或者简洁方面来看，似乎没有问题，以致于同学在仓促的考试时间中不假思索地选择它。当然也有同学考虑到B选项用被动语态违背了SAT语法通常情况下的简洁原则 ，C选项则是犯了plan doing的搭配错误，而D选项是整个句子缺乏动词(Sentence fragment), 而E选项似乎和A选项没什么差别，只是换了下顺序而已。但是恰恰是这顺序的区别能够帮助我们发现问题。细心的同学则会注意到，其实A选项的表达方式是有歧义的，可以理解为：校董主席宣布在和当地记者见面的时候建两个学校。这个从逻辑上来看当然是有误的，两个学校岂能在开会的瞬时就能建成?因此必须将时间状态提前，句子的意思才够恰当：在和当地记者的见面会上，校董主席宣布计划将建两座新学校。正确选项为E.
2. 2011. 1/ S10. 1
When I asked which of the children was his daughter, he pointed to a little girl feeding a duck in a blue dress.
(A) feeding a duck in a blue dress
(B) feeding a duck and was in a blue dress
(C) feeding a duck, she was in a blue dress
(D) in a blue dress who was feeding a duck
(E) in a blue dress, she was feeding a duck
当同学们看见这句的题干(a duck in a blue dress)，不禁会哈哈大笑起来，试想鸭子穿着一件蓝裙子，岂不是喧宾夺主了?因此我们可以轻易发现正确选项为D，解释为：他指出那个穿着蓝裙子正在喂鸭子的小女孩儿是他的女儿。原题中的in a blue dress放错位置了，引起逻辑的谬误。值得解释的是，B选项表达麻烦，而且连词前后的动词不平行，C和E分别都是RUN-ON SENTENCE，因此都是错误的。
3. 2009.1/ S 10. 10
When we were cleaning the garage, my sister and I found the old soccer ball in a dark corner we used to play with when we were young.
(A) the old soccer ball in a dark corner we used to play with when were young.
(B) in a dark corner from when we were young the old soccer ball we played with
(C) in a dark corner the old soccer ball we used to play with when we were young
(D) the old soccer ball in a dark corner, we used to play with it when we were young
(E) the old soccer ball, having played with it when we were young, in a dark corner
有了前两题的经验，我们不难发现，原题题干中的错误了吧，句子的原意不难理解，应为，当我们清理车库的时候，我的姐姐和我在角落里发现了我们儿时玩的足球。但是原句的错位修饰(corner played)导致了句意变成了“我们儿时玩的角落”(play with corner),试想角落要怎么去玩呢?实在谬以千里。正确答案为C选项，补充一下，B和E句子结构混乱罗嗦，主谓逻辑不分，完全违背SAT语法的规则;而D是RUN-ON SENTENCE，考试的时候这类选项应快速跳过，直奔核心选项。
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