求指导~OG12 SC101

yorku

101.Heavy commitment by an executive to a course of action, especially if it has worked well in the past, makes it likely to miss signs of incipient trouble or misinterpret them when they do appear.

A. Heavy commitment by an executive to a course of action, especially if it has worked well in the past, makes it likely to miss signs of incipient trouble or misinterpret them when they do appear.
B. An executive who is heavily committed to a course of action, especially one that worked well in the past, makes missing signs of incipient trouble or misinterpreting ones likely when they do appear.
C. An executive who is heavily committed to a course of action is likely to miss or misinterpret signs of incipient trouble when they do appear, especially if it has worked well in the past.
D. Executives’ being heavily committed to a course of action, especially if it has worked well in the past, makes them likely to miss signs of incipient trouble or misinterpreting them when they do appear.
E. Being heavily committed to a course of action, especially one that has worked well in the past, is likely to make an executive miss signs of incipient trouble or misinterpret them when they do appear.

请问各位NN,为什么说B 中的 The modifier when they do appear is misplaced 呢?
谢谢指导~

justabeginning

语义语义语义。
B. An executive who is heavily committed to a course of action, especially one that worked well in the past, makes missing signs of incipient trouble or misinterpreting ones likely when they do appear.

首先那个especially one就不好，这个句子本想表达的意思是：【一个决策者，如果特别遵循一套既定解决方案，尤其是一套过去表现极好的解决方案，会怎样则样】

但B这么写，那个especially one that worked... 很容易把one当成指代executive的（因为语法上这俩平行，理论上可以指代的。），这是第一点不好。

第二个不好在于，makes missing signs or misinterpreting signs likely when they do appear. 这是一个复合平行  makes missing signs likely when they do appear和makes misinterpreting signs likely when they do appear.

问题是，前者不是正常的说法，要么就是【miss signs】，要么就是【出现时，被误解】。没有说【出现时，还miss掉的】

所以B的问题就在于这里。那个when they do appear位置有误。