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~作者: queenie924 时间: 2012-6-11 20:45
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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.
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.
