标题: 名词所有格可以作名词代词的先行词？（OG16题） [打印本页] 作者: QueenaDEC 时间: 2016-12-3 21:29 标题: 名词所有格可以作名词代词的先行词？（OG16题） Although she was considered among her contemporaries to be the better poet than her husband, later Elizabeth Barrett Browning was overshadowed by his success.
(A) Although she was considered among her contemporaries to be the better poet than her husband, later Elizabeth Barrett Browning was overshadowed by his success.
(B) Although Elizabeth Barrett Browning was considered among her contemporaries as a better poet than her husband, she was later overshadowed by his success.
(C) Later overshadowed by the success of her husband, Elizabeth Barrett Browning’s poetry had been considered among her contemporaries to be better than that of her husband. (D) Although Elizabeth Barrett Browning’s success was later overshadowed by that of her husband, among her contemporaries she was considered the better poet.
(E) Elizabeth Barrett Browning’s poetry was considered among her contemporaries as better than her husband, but her success was later overshadowed by his.
CORRECT: (D)
代词"she"指代 Elizabeth Barrett Browning，但she之前没有出现任何非所有格的先行词，为什么该选项正确？
the "rule" is:
* POSSESSIVE NOUN with NON-POSSESSIVE PRONOUN is NOT OK.
BUT
ALL OTHER COMBINATIONS are ok.
i.e.
possessive noun with possessive pronoun is ok.
non-possessive noun with non-possessive pronoun is ok.
non-possessive noun with possessive pronoun is ok.
然后Ron的response是这样的
i've always been been horrified to see this "rule" mentioned in our materials. this post, along with many, many others, is a prime illustration of why.
basically:
* this "rule" has so far been necessary in a grand total of ZERO official problems.
* for every one student who seems to understand the "rule" thoroughly, there are several, such as the poster here, who are confused by it.
we are finally purging this rule completely from the upcoming editions of our verbal materials, but i would imagine that we will continue to have to do this sort of damage control for some time.
what is perhaps most interesting is that gmac itself is starting to distance itself from this rule.
if you look at problem #86 in the FIRST edition verbal supplement (the purple book), the answer key declares, very explicitly, that the pronoun "grammatically ... CANNOT" refer to the possessive noun.
on the other hand, if you open your second edition verbal review (the blue one) to #81, you will find that the explanation has been completely revised -- completely removing all traces of these claims, and replacing them"”eyes darting nervously around the room"”with "grammatically its referent is somewhat unclear".
in other words, even gmac doesn't endorse this "rule" anymore.
ignore.
forever.
