prep一道语法题不太理解，求指导

detective

The bones of Majungatholus atopus, ameat-eating dinosaur that is a distant relative of

Tyrannosaurus rex and closely resemblesSouth American predatory dinosaurs, have been

discovered in Madagascar.

(A) The bones of Majungatholus atopus, ameat-eating dinosaur that is a distant relative of

Tyrannosaurus rex and closely resemblesSouth American predatory dinosaurs, have been

discovered in Madagascar.

(B) The bones of a meat-eating dinosaur,Majungatholus atopus, a distant relative of

Tyrannosaurus rex and with a closeresemblance to South American predatory dinosaurs, has been discovered in Madagascar.

(C) InMadagascar, the bones of a meat-eating dinosaur, Majungatholus atopus, distantlyrelated toTyrannosaurus rex and closely resembledSouth American predatory dinosaurs, have been discovered.

(D) A distant relative of Tyrannosaurusrex, bearing a close resemblance to South American

predatory dinosaurs is Majungatholusatopus, a meat-eating dinosaur, the bones of which have been discovered in Madagascar.

(E) A distant relative of Tyrannosaurusrex and closely resembling South American predatory dinosaurs, the bones of a meat-eatingdinosaur, Majungatholus atopus, have been discovered in Madagascar.

C选项的后半句，distantly related to。。。and closely resembled。。。不是比A平行更工整吗，但是答案选A

honeybee316

C选项考察了：修饰成分应该尽可能靠近修饰对象的原则
(C) 介词短语In Madagascar离它的修饰对象have been discovered太远, 句子重心不稳，并且related and resembled到底是定从紧随修饰MxxxAxxx还是定从修饰the bones，有歧义

hoteldeville

look at the non-essential modifier stated in the choice A and C


Is the a meat-eating dinosaura modifier for
Majungatholus atopus  （or the reverse is true？ I think this approach can help you figure it out more quickly）

detective

仔细读读是有点意思，太感谢啦

hilanjingling

InMadagascar, the bones of a meat-eating dinosaur, Majungatholus atopus, distantly related toTyrannosaurus rex and closely  resembled South American predatory dinosaurs, have been discovered.

resemble表示與...相像的時候，應該是個及物動詞吧。這裡說Majungatholus atopus與South American predatory dinosaurs相像，不應該用resembled，而應該用resembling吧。
把它還原應該是Majungatholus atopus resembles South American predatory dinosaurs，而不是Majungatholus atopus is resembled South American predatory dinosaurs.

愚見咋...

hoteldeville

I check out this problem today again

for i omit some serious blunders committed by choice C


sorry


distantly related is not parallel to resembled


related can be construed as past participle or adjective， resembled is past-tense verb


prep 07语法笔记这里说错了


I am pretty sure

zhangws

除了，在V-ing还是V-ed这个问题上纠结之外，还是要多注意整个句子构造所导致的句子逻辑意思和修饰清晰度的问题。

C：In Madagascar, the bones of a meat-eating dinosaur, Majungatholus atopus, distantly related to Tyrannosaurus rex and closely resembled South American predatory dinosaurs, have been discovered.

这里存在的一个很大的问题，即是distantly related.....这个并列形容词短语到底在修饰谁。
Majungatholus atopus 是插入语，本身就不构成主句成分。后面的形容词，如果其修饰句子主语，首先bones不能related和resemble；其次修饰词和被修饰词隔的太远，句子本身已被构造成【主语，同位语（还不是和主语同位，是和主语其中的另一个名词同位，形容词）】

这样的构造在不同的维度间绕来绕去，本身就不够清晰。再加上存在语义逻辑错误，肯定是不对的。

第二种可能，distantly related修饰的是Majungatholus atopus。那同样句子的主语和谓语，被中间一大串的同位语，形容词修饰语等结构远远隔开，表达非常不effective。

所以，GMAT考SC是要求在语法正确的基础上，争取最简洁清晰的表达语句意思。因此，也要多关注语义逻辑。