prep1-143 despite的用法

nemo11

143.      (32542-!-item-!-188;#058&006254)

 

Despite there being no fundamental difference in shipbuilding traditions in Viking-Age Scandinavia from the ones in other parts of Northern Europe, archaeological evidence shows that Viking ships were lighter, slimmer, faster, and thus probably more seaworthy than the heavier vessels used by the English at that time.

 

(A) Despite there being no fundamental difference in shipbuilding traditions in Viking-Age Scandinavia from the ones  

(B) Despite no fundamental difference between the shipbuilding traditions in Viking-Age Scandinavia from those

(C) With shipbuilding traditions in Viking-Age Scandinavia not fundamentally different from those

(D) With the shipbuilding traditions in Viking-Age Scandinavia having no fundamental difference from the ones

(E) Although shipbuilding traditions in Viking-Age Scandinavia were not fundamentally different from those

 

prep解释说A 中ones指代traditions抽象名词不恰当，ones不能指代抽象名词？

B 为什么不对啊？

aeoluseros

刘振民里说到：despite后面只能跟名词短语，如果名词短语后面还有长长的修饰，那么就应该用although之类引导从句来的替换。

one很少能指代抽象名词，以前碰到的对于GMAT里没有一个题是指代抽象名词的，都是指代前面名词短语的核心词或者名词类别。

georgetseng

B) 中，difference between ... from...错了，应为difference between ... and...；despite no （尽管没有） ...这种表达awkward, 一般用though + 否定。

sunny8843

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shanefeng

刘振民里说到：despite后面只能跟名词短语，如果名词短语后面还有长长的修饰，那么就应该用although之类引导从句来的替换。

one很少能指代抽象名词，以前碰到的对于GMAT里没有一个题是指代抽象名词的，都是指代前面名词短语的核心词或者名词类别。

-- by 会员 aeoluseros (2008/8/8 14:42:00)

Can I say that "the ones" here refers to " tradition sin Viking-Age Scandinavia", while "those" refers to traditions,but not necessarily to tradition sin Viking-Age Scandinavia ?

sprtng

个人感觉the ones虽然不比those感觉妥当， 但是A里的differ from不idiomatic吧。。。用这个把A去掉也就不需要担心the ones了。。。要是有those如果只要context对。。我一般会选those over the ones吧。。。。

而楼上说的the ones 指带traditions in viking-age scandinavia。。。就跟版主说的一样，，还真是很少见有用the ones指带这个的。。一般都是实物。。。for ex.
This watch is more accurate than the ones I had before.  (the ones指带手表。。。实物。。。）