OG21

[himorgan]

OG21

Defense attorneys have occasioally argued that their clients' misconduct stemmed from a reaction to something ingested, but in attributing criminal or delinquent behavior to some food allergy, the perpetrators are in effect told that they are not responsible for their actions.
(A)in attributing criminal or delinquent behavior to some food allergy
(B)if criminal or delinquent behavior is attributed to an allergy to some food
(C)in attributing behavior that is criminal or delinquent to an allergy to some food
(D)if some food allergy is attributed as tha cause of criminal or delinquent behavior
(E)in attributing a food allergy as the cause of criminal or delinquent behavior

請問如何看出(A)in attributing criminal or delinquent behavior 與(C)in attributing behavior 這裡是modify perpetrators而不是defense attorneys,是因為but後面看成一完整的獨立clause(所以不可能用前面S.=Defense attorneys代入),所以(A)(C)dangling,因此由後面S.(perpetrators)代入嗎?

[Calvin]

you got it !

[skull]

可不可以幫忙翻譯一下句意...

看了好幾次都看不懂句意....

[agk99]

這位律師說他的客戶有錯誤行為都是因為吃了一些東西，但如果一些行為是起因於吃了什麼東西，那麼這些犯罪的人是不必為這些行為負責的

[DARY]

[quote="himorgan"]OG21

Defense attorneys have occasioally argued that their clients' misconduct stemmed from a reaction to something ingested, but if criminal or delinquent behavior is attributed to an allergy to some food, the perpetrators are in effect told that they are not responsible for their actions.

辨護律師偶爾會指出當事人(被告)的不當行為是由於吃下了某種東西。如果將這些不當行為歸咎於對某種食物的過敏，則被告事實上不必為他們的犯罪舉止負責。

大致的意思是這樣。他用個 "but" 是有點怪怪的，有人可以說明一下嗎??

[wingff]

想請問大家

我比較有問題的是為何大家會知道but後面的子句主詞是perpetrators?

我看到(but+介)就想到那是省略主詞動詞的省略子句 主詞是defense attorney...於是就選了a...XD

可以請大家跟我說我這樣想哪裡錯嗎?>"<

有人跟我說是因為只有but這個連接詞無法連接三個句子@@所以要用選項b的 s+v , but (if s+v , s+v) 的方式 好像也有道理...@@

[Megan Lin]

我個人認為因為後面有逗號 (在perpetrator 之前)
所以其實but 後面那句話 是用來說明後面那句話
不知道降子解釋okay 嗎

[dibert8]

啊! 關鍵在於看出 in attributing ... 修飾 the perpetrators, 刪除 (A) (C) (E) , 剩下 (B) (D) 比較長短 => (B)

[chencraig0227]

修飾語本來就是形容離它最近的主詞，在加上but對等連接詞是連接兩個句子，所以in attribute理所當然優先修飾後面具子的主詞。但如果是這樣就會造成句意不符，所以要比把if 加進來，獨立成附屬子句，這樣就可以修飾邏輯主詞了。

[AKZOPT]

修飾語本來就是形容離它最近的主詞，在加上but對等連接詞是連接兩個句子，所以in attribute理所當然優先修飾後面具子的主詞。但如果是這樣就會造成句意不符，所以要比把if 加進來，獨立成附屬子句，這樣就可以修飾邏輯主詞了。

問一問題 , Defense......,but......, the perpetrator這個結構我看不太懂,感覺上三個句子,1個連接詞 !?
請幫我解答一下唄....thx

[crazykai]

Defense attorneys have occasioally argued that their clients' misconduct stemmed from a reaction to something ingested, but if some food allergy is attributed as tha cause of criminal or delinquent behavior, the perpetrators are in effect told that they are not responsible for their actions.

but之後為if的條件子句(紅色)，逗點之後是可能的結果；因此沒有run-on的問題

歡迎討論唷 ^_^