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shenyelaile

110. Published in Harlem, the owner and editor of The
Messenger were two young journalists, Chandler Owen
and A. Philip Randolph, who would later make his
reputation as a labor leader.
A. Published in Harlem, the owner and editor of The
Messenger were two young journalists, Chandler
Owen and A. Philip Randolph, who would later
make his reputation as a labor leader.
A可以直接通过逻辑主语就排除了·
看OG解释的时候·突然发现了一个初中的知识点：
the owner and editor  记得如果只有一个the的话表示一个人，即使owner又是editor 谓语应该用单数
the owner and the editor才是不同的两个人。
但是OG对该知识点的解释 实在是挺费解的·不是特别懂它的意思
Th e use of the
singular owner and editor is puzzling: did one
journalist own and the other edit? Or did they
jointly own and edit?
不知道为什么会造成这样的歧义·
麻烦各位了····

haoye12321

C. Published in Harlem, The Messenger was owned and edited by two young journalists, A. Philip Randolph, who would later make his reputation as a labor leader, and Chandler Owen.

OG解释说the verbs indicate that both journalists played both roles;

不是很懂啊！
求教NN

cckjenius

原话的意思是，owner和editor的角色是由两个年轻人扮演的，即有可能2个人都既是owner又是editor，或者有一个人两种角色都有另外一个人只有一个角色，这两种情况都可以用这种表述；
如果要表达两人分别担任不同角色，就应该用the..and the..的表述方法。

shenyelaile

原话的意思是，owner和editor的角色是由两个年轻人扮演的，即有可能2个人都既是owner又是editor，或者有一个 ...
cckjenius 发表于 2011-8-11 06:27

这跟我们高中学的不是很一样吖··
以前是the owner and editor是指同一个人
如果是两个人的话 还有这种歧义吖？

cckjenius

OG的解释大概就是这个意思吧，我又想了想，即使用the..and the..的表达也无法摆脱歧义