A professor at the university has taken a sabbatical to research on James Baldwin's books that Baldwin wrote in France while he was living there.
A) on James Baldwin's books that Baldwin wrote in France while he was living there（这里是指B,就近指代)
B) about the books James Baldwin wrote in France（这里如果把about去掉是不是就对了？？）
C) into James Baldwin's books written while in France（这里的he可以指JB嘛？，能跳指pro？）
D) on the books of James Baldwin, written while he lived in France（这里用written修饰book所以he指代没问题，把on去掉就正确了？？）
E) the books James Baldwin wrote while he lived in France（这里我看gmatclub挺多人就说这里he指代是模糊的，难道he不是就近指代的jb??)
请各位大神指教??
作者: fxxxfxxx 时间: 2017-6-4 16:28
首先正确选项的指代没有问题，如果这样都模糊那干脆就不要用代词了吧。
Quote Ron：Don't overcomplicate the issue of pronouns. With pronouns, all you have to think about is ...
... What thing/person/idea the pronoun want to stand for?
... Is there a NOUN for that thing/person/idea?
... Do the pronoun and noun match (in terms of singular/plural)?
If the answers to the last two questions are "yes" and "yes", then the pronoun is fine.
That's all.
As you can see here, adding unnecessary complexity will just make easy decisions hard, and will often lead to incorrect conclusions.