A.On her board
是一个倒装句,原句是：
1316 passengers and a crew of 891 were on her board.
介词短语提前,故引起倒装,将助动词were提到了主语前面.
titanic?
On is preposition.Board is noun.
On Board means in the ship/boat/plane/train or any transportation carrier.
In everyday non transportation language,it also means joining an organization.When we have a new staff joining our company,we can say welcome on board.
After working as a policy analyst in Canada for 20 years,i feel bad because this question beats me.
Answer A is absolutely correction:On her board were 1316 passengers and a crew of 891.I don't see anything wrong.Given the size of the crew,the sentence refers to there were 1316 passengers and 891 crew members on the cruise ship.
Answer B is correct if you provided a typo.That's On board here were 1316 passengers and a crew of 891.
Answer A is correct when the speaker is not on the ship.
Answer B (after the typo correct if any) is correct when the speaker is on the ship.
Where did you get this from?Probably from an exam practice book.The author might have made a mistake.
