GWD21-Q27 看了很多贴还是有点不明白

yidiyuehans

The electronics company has unveiled what it claims to be the world’s smallest network digital camcorder, the length of which is that of a handheld computer, and it weighs less than 11 ounces.
A.      to be the world’s smallest network digital camcorder, the length of which is that of a handheld computer, and it weighs

B.       to be the smallest network digital camcorder in the world, which is as long as a handheld computer, weighing

C.      is the smallest network digital camcorder in the world, which is as long as a handheld computer, and it weighs

D.      is the world’s smallest network digital camcorder, which is as long as a handheld computer and weighs

E.  is the world’s smallest network digital camcorder, the length of which is that of a handheld computer, weighing

答案貌似是D。 我想问下，B错在哪里？ 是which 还是weighing的歧义? 如何判断weighing修饰哪个词？

yidiyuehans

weighing是对的？？

laurawang2234

weighing是错的，从逻辑上来看，weighing修饰的是宾语了。而应该是修饰

主语。

yidiyuehans

那它是修饰handheld computer的还是主句中的what呢？

我看到有的贴说weighing直接修饰主句，忽略中间的插入语，是这样吗？

小宇宙2010

weighing is wrong, because the final phrase can be understood to

modify " the company".

dandanapple

The electronics company has unveiled what it claims to be the world’s smallest network digital camcorder, the length of which is that of a handheld computer, and it weighs less than 11 ounces.
A.略.
B.to be the smallest network digital camcorder in the world, which is as long as a handheld computer, weighing
B选项分析：
1 由于in the world修饰camcorder，因此which可以指代camcorder，weighing现在分词做状语修饰camcorder；
2 to be the smallest camcorder in the world，不如world's smallest camcorder简洁。
3 平行结构：which is … and, weighs …平行。

sayysong

请问E错在哪里？是that of还是weighing的修饰问题?谢谢！

suners

回复 7# sayysong


    关于E，我觉得最突出的错误就是所谓的awkward或者wordy，the length of which is that of XXX，为什么要这么麻烦呢。weighing有指代歧义也是一个因素。