标题: OG12 SC100 (指代不清的问题，求指教) [打印本页] 作者: li2966262 时间: 2010-12-30 18:34 标题: OG12 SC100 (指代不清的问题，求指教) 97. The stars, some of them at tremendous in motion just as the planets are, yet being so far away from Earth that their apparent positions in the sky do not change enough for their movement observed during a single human lifetime.
(A) The stars, some of them at tremendous speeds, are in motion just as the planets are, yet being
(B) Like the planets, the stars are in motion, some of them at tremendous speeds, but they are
(C) Although like the planets the stars are in motion, some of them at tremendous speeds, yet
(D) As the planets, the stars are in motion, some of them at tremendous speeds, but they are
(E) The stars are in motion like the planets, some of which at tremendous speeds are in motion but 答案B中 some of them，的them会不会引起歧义，不知道指planets还是stars 作者: cedricwen 时间: 2010-12-30 19:18
"Them" in Choice B is not ambiguous because it appears in the modifying phrase "some of them at tremendous speeds". This phrase is modifying the clause in front of it, so logically, them could only refer to stars.
"They" is not ambiguous because pronouns in a new clause refer to the subject of the previous clause. In "B," the first clause is "Like the planets, the stars are in motion..." "Like the planets" is a modifying phrase, the independent clause is "the stars are in motion," and the subject of this independent clause is "the stars". So, the pronoun "they" in the new independent clause must refer to "stars."
"Them" in Choice B is not ambiguous because it appears in the modifying phrase "some of them at tremendous speeds". This phrase is modifying the clause in front of it, so logically, them could only refer to stars.
"They" is not ambiguous because pronouns in a new clause refer to the subject of the previous clause. In "B," the first clause is "Like the planets, the stars are in motion..." "Like the planets" is a modifying phrase, the independent clause is "the stars are in motion," and the subject of this independent clause is "the stars". So, the pronoun "they" in the new independent clause must refer to "stars."