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标题: OG-48 [打印本页]

作者: joywzy 时间: 2003-10-24 08:11
标题: OG-48
48. The golden crab of the Gulf of Mexico has not been fished commercially in great numbers, primarily on account of living at great depths-- 2,500 to 3,000 feet down.

on account of living
on account of their living
because it lives
because of living
being they live
As used in choices A, B, and D, the phrases on account of and because of are unidiomatic; because, which appears in C and E, is preferable here since because can introduce a complete subordinate clause explaining the reason why the golden crab has not been fished extensively. B and E also produce agreement errors by using the plural pronouns their and they to refer to the singular noun crab. Choice D, like A, fails to provide a noun or pronoun to perform the action of living, but even with its the phrases would be more awkward and less clear than it lives. C, which uses because and it as the singular subject of a clause, is the best choice.

为什么说the phrases on account of and because of are unidiomatic?一直没想明白.

作者: braveMBA 时间: 2003-10-24 08:37
on account of and because of 在GAMT认为+DOING是不好的形式，直接加名词或者名词短语。

作者: joywzy 时间: 2003-10-24 08:39
谢谢brave GG.
看来语法中,我还有好多不明白的.惭愧啊.

作者: yuebill 时间: 2004-3-17 09:51
Choice D, like A, fails to provide a noun or pronoun to perform the action of living, but even with its the phrases would be more awkward and less clear than it lives.

这个短语的逻辑主语，不是句子的主语吗？为何一定要补出？还是为了清楚？谢谢！

作者: jnlvo 时间: 2004-3-17 12:12
在句末有避免歧义的好处。

作者: babypace 时间: 2004-5-27 03:20
B中改为on account of its living是不是就对了？

作者: bunnier 时间: 2004-5-28 03:58

以下是引用babypace在2004-5-27 3:20:00的发言：
B中改为on account of its living是不是就对了？

it's great that mm is thinking out of box! personally, i don't think its living (verb'ing) is considered proper by ETS. i'd say "on account of its habitat". still, it's not better than "because it lives," which clearly shows a cause-effect relationship.

多多讨论．．．

作者: babypace 时间: 2004-5-28 07:26
嗯。谢谢gg，这题ETS还是从比较法上提出'because it lives'是最好的。我同意。gg辛苦了，吃

作者: ford424 时间: 2004-12-1 17:21

ets真的让人搞不懂，这道题说从句加主谓表达清楚，但有的时候有说是wordy，到底怎么区分，有没有什么度的把握？

请教各位！！！！

作者: 而今迈步从头越 时间: 2004-12-1 19:46

I agree with bunnier. In my opinion, on account of/because of + noun and because + noun+verb are preferable in GMAT test. "Noun" focuses on result/fact but "verb" focus on the action and the relationship between other verb. "on account of/because of+doing sth" cann't deliver cause-effect relationship between "live" and "fish".

作者: clairetong 时间: 2007-7-22 23:30

本来觉得是道很简单的题目～

居然有这么多的语法解释！

谢谢楼上的牛牛们～

作者: yyisme 时间: 2007-7-23 12:12

on account of one's doing

because of one's doing.

这些都要跟名词，而且如果名词不简洁的话，最好改成句子，语义更清晰，反而更简洁。

作者: hopelanxyn 时间: 2007-9-14 06:03

I think ETS donot like these ues: on account of/because of + their doing, since adding their before doing make the sentence awkward.

And when the situation is complicated, ETS prefers because rather than because of.

since using a complete sentence can clearly express the meaning.

作者: usamsy 时间: 2008-2-19 18:43

[LONGMAN]on account of something
because of something else, especially a problem or difficulty
She was told to wear flat shoes, on account of her back problem.

作者: rockmax 时间: 2008-8-27 16:37

og11-25 中

B的解释 On account of is awkward and wordy.

为什么?

难道gmat 偏向because of +n. ?

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