OG11th-56

[pauline_chiou]

56. In a plan to stop the erosion of East Coast beaches, the Army Corps of Engineers proposed building parallel to shore a breakwater of rocks that would rise six feet above the waterline and act as a buffer, so that it absorbs the energy of crashing waves and protecting the beaches.

(A) act as a buffer, so that it absorbs

(B) act like a buffer so as to absorb

(C) act as a buffer, absorbing

(D) acting as a buffer, absorbing

(E) acting like a buffer, absorb


這題答案c
但是這邊想請問 parallel to shore 有省略什麼嗎??
是因為proposed building a breakwater of rocks which is parallel...
這樣會導致變成修飾rocks (應該是修飾breakwater)
所以將parallel往前放嗎??

[pinpink]

不覺得有省略什麼
但是有位置移動
我覺得是為了後面的that 子句能直接連結到a breakwater of rocks
不知道其他高人怎麼看?

[Philosophia]

說高人太嚴重，讓人有點不敢回覆～

若一定要說有省略的話，或許句子可以看是～
...proposed building a breakwater of rocks that clause which is parallel to shore.

但 which is parallel to shore 離所修飾的 breakwater 太遙遠，且可簡化為 parallel to shore．
但這句子若這樣寫的話，應是符合 ETS 的 awkward，所以～就變成是
...proposed building parallel to shore a breakwater of rocks that clause.