这道题怎么解？

一萧一剑

By merging its two publishing divisions, the company will increase their share of the country’s
$21 billion book market from 6 percent to 10 percent, a market ranging from obscure textbooks to
mass-market paperbacks.

A. their share of the country’s $21 billion book market from 6 percent to 10 percent, a
market ranging
B. from 6 percent to 10 percent its share of the $21 billion book market in the country,
which ranges
C. to 10 percent from 6 percent in their share of the $21 billion book market in the country,
a market ranging
D. in its share, from 6 percent to 10 percent, of the $21 billion book market in the country,
which ranges
E. to 10 percent from 6 percent its share of the country’s $21 billion book market, which
ranges

Mandyjun

这题从语法上说是没有错误的，这时候就要从语义上来做分析。

原文所想要表达的意思是：通过合并它旗下的两个出版部门，该公司将会将它在该国
的 210 亿规模的书本市场的市场份额从 6%增加至 10%，该市场覆盖了从 obscure
textbook 到 mass-­‐market  paperback
首先需要明确的是所增加的市场份额实际上应该是这个公司的，而不是它的两个部门
的，所以这里用 their 不行而应该用 its，排除 AC；
其次需要指出的，最终 range  from  textbook  to  paperbook 的应该是那个市场，而不应该
是那个国家，所以 BD 选项中 which 定语从句修饰 the  country 是不合适的，排除 BD。
其中 E 选项为短语倒装结构。本来的语序是 increase  its  share  to  10  percent，由于 which
从句修饰 market，所以使用了短语语序，increase  to  10  percent  its  share。
E 为正确选项

这题我刚问过老师，这是老师给的解释，给你复制来看看，呵呵，我是刚开始学，未来的路还很长啊~

ukyo2003

Mandyjun 发表于 2015-5-25 12:25
这题从语法上说是没有错误的，这时候就要从语义上来做分析。

原文所想要表达的意思是：通过合并它旗下的两 ...

说没有语法错误的话我就歇菜了。。。当然语义是最终的根本，不过快速排除还是要靠语法。我把语法错误都用红色标一下，如果还不理解告诉我。

By merging its two publishing divisions, the company will increase their share of the country’s $21 billion book market from 6 percent to 10 percent, a market ranging from obscure textbooks to
mass-market paperbacks.

A. their share of the country’s $21 billion book market from 6 percent to 10 percent, a market ranging
B. from 6 percent to 10 percent its share of the $21 billion book market in the country, which ranges
C. to 10 percent from 6 percent in their share of the $21 billion book market in the country, a market ranging
D. in its share, from 6 percent to 10 percent, of the $21 billion book market in the country, which ranges
E. to 10 percent from 6 percent its share of the country’s $21 billion book market, which ranges 只有E没有语法错误，当然语义判定肯定也是E最正确

xuexuezhang

Ukyo大侠，我理解D答案中in是不对的，但是of您也标注了红色，我没有理解，请您解释一下吧！谢谢！

qq342573577

A  C 错的很明显 their不能指代the company ，B  D 的错误在于which的指代，因为market 和country 都是单数，所以which有修饰country的嫌疑 ，从句意来看应该是market ranges XXXXX 。所以E更佳。

sivenhuidao1995

Mandyjun 发表于 2015-5-25 12:25
这题从语法上说是没有错误的，这时候就要从语义上来做分析。

原文所想要表达的意思是：通过合并它旗下的两 ...

同意！               

Yiyi17

ukyo2003 发表于 2015-5-28 23:32
说没有语法错误的话我就歇菜了。。。当然语义是最终的根本，不过快速排除还是要靠语法。我把语法 ...

同问D选项of错在哪里？

Sara.Z

E.

A, C : pronoun error. Their refferring to the country (singular)

B, D - modifier error. "which ranges" wrongly seems modifying "country" rather than "market"

（一个外国GMAT题论坛找到的答案）

kluivert

Sara.Z 发表于 2018-8-24 06:34
E.

A, C : pronoun error. Their refferring to the country (singular)

their指代的是company (singular)...应该为its

Sara.Z

kluivert 发表于 2018-8-24 06:46
their指代的是company (singular)...应该为its

对的，所以A,C是错的