Promotions, retirements, deaths, and other actions approved by the board of directors at its May meeting will be reported in the July 15 issue of the company paper.
(A) Promotions, retirements, deaths, and other actions approved by the board of directors at its May meeting will be reported in the July 15 issue of the company paper.
(B) Promotions, retirements, and other actions which have been approved at the May meeting of the board of directors along with deaths, with be reported in the July 15 issue of the company paper.
(C) To be reported in the July 15 issue of the company paper are the promotions, retirements, deaths, and other actions which were approved at the board of directors’ May meeting.
(D) Meeting in May, the promotions, retirements, and other actions approved by the board of directors, including obituaries, will be reported in the July 15 issue of the company paper.
(E) The July 15 issue of the company paper will report on promotions, retirements, and other actions approved by the board of directors at its May meeting; the paper will also include obituaries.
考察多个名词并列的修饰问题
A.approved后置修饰了promotions, retirements还有deaths,所以不对(同意死亡)
B.Which后置修饰了前面的名词,犯了A的错误,而且along with deaths就近修饰了directors也是不对
C.Which定语从句修饰了前面名词,同B一样,而且to be reported做了主语表达不简洁
D.Including就近修饰directors,逻辑语义错
E.正确,为了避免名词并列的修饰错误,把表示death的obituaries放在后面说。
技巧:连续几个名词被同样的词修饰后,经常引起逻辑语义的错