标题: OG12 Verbal 2nd Edition 第21题 [打印本页] 作者: luckykai 时间: 2012-6-14 04:23 标题: OG12 Verbal 2nd Edition 第21题 While depressed property values can hurt some large investors, they are potentially devastating for homeowners, whose equity--in many cases representing a life's saving--can plunge or even disappear.
(A) they are potentially devastating for homeowners, whose (B) they can potentially devastate homeowners in that their (c) for homeowners they are devastating, because their (D) for homeowners, it is potentially devastating in that their (E) it can potentially devastate homeowners, whose
in that cannot used as noun modifier (as opposed to the whose used in the original choice);it cannot state cause-and-effectrelationship as well
also, in the choice B, their and they both seem to modify depressed property values
but their should be refer to homeowner (the noun is constructed as a subject in the relative clause in choice A)
you should figure it out through the logical meaning
you cannot change the intended meaning unless the original choice is grammatically incorrect or illogical作者: stt300 时间: 2012-10-16 23:46 标题: 感谢LS回复 首先非常感谢LS回复！！
一、关于代词指代 你提到的代词的指代我之前确实没有注意，正好我最近在复习代词指代，正对于这个问题发愁，但是我认为此处的they和their可以如此指代，因为B是主句+in that引从句了，所以they作为主句对位指代while从句中的values，然后their作为从句可以指代前主句中的homeowners，因为我整理的语法要点中从之前的题目中总结的：“指示代词与物主代词指代不一致的情况很常见，但相同的指示代词在一句话中必须指代同一个名词，如两个they，一个they和一个them等”，例题如下： Og12-82 According to a recent poll, owning and livingin a freestanding house on its own land is stilla goal of a majority of young adults, like that of earlier generations. (A) like that of earlier generations (B) as that for earlier generations (C) just as earlier generations did (D) as have earlier generations (E) as it wasof earlier generations - E正确 正确项E中it指代owning分句而its指代house，当然这句间隔比较远，结构明显可以看出就是指代不一样，但是比较经典的og12-87 In an effort to reduce their inventories,Italian vintners have cut prices; their wineshave been priced to sell, and they are. (A) have been priced to sell, and they are (B) are priced to sell, and they have (C) are priced to sell, and they do (D) are being priced to sell, and have (E) had been priced to sell, and they have - C正确 正确项C中– their指vintners，they指wines
所以我认为此题they和their应该是可以分别指代的，不知道我这样理解对不对，因为我对于另一道og题也是有点想不通的 Verbal 2nd - 22. Japanese researchers are producing a series of robots that canidentify human facial expressions, to which they will then respond; theirgoal is primarily creating a robot that will empathize with us. (A) expressions, to which theywill then respond; their goal is primarilycreating (B) expressions, then responding to them; primarilyto create (C) expressions and then respond to them; theresearchers’ primary goal is to create (D) expressions as well as giving a response to them;their primary goal is creation of (E) expressions and responding to them; primarily, theresearchers’ goal is creatiing - C正确og解释说A项 – they指代robots，their就不能再指代其他，但是表意their指代researchers
我认为they在前一句话定从中指代robots是可以的，分号后另一句是与前一句平行结构的，那么主语their应该是可以对位指代第一句平行结构中的主语的。但是我后来也就没有再纠结，因为此题从结构方面来看，定从后又是定从，且respond to expressions也不对，还有to do是表目的而不是is doing，从表意和句式来说C是更好的，但是我认为既然有og的题目是这种指示代词和物主代词指代不一样的句子，那么还是可以这么使用的，但是有点不明白何时可以如此指代。
二，关于in that LZ说的我没太明白，是说in that不能修饰n，不能用于修饰因果结构？但是in that是表因为的，而且是3个介词后可以加从句的结构啊（except that，but that和in that），我查了og的题，有几题是in that题，但是正确项都不是in that，而且og说in that太书面化 太过生硬，但是我发现GWD和大全有正确的，如下大全681，所以我认为此题还是in that用的少比较偏，og不倾向，且有更优项A，但并不是语法错误！ 681 Teratomas are unusual forms ofcancer because they are composed of tissues such as tooth and bone notnormally found in the organ in which the tumor appears. (A) because theyare composed of tissues such as tooth and bone (B) because theyare composed of tissues like tooth and bone that are (C) because theyare composed of tissues, like tooth and bone, tissues (D) in that theircomposition, tissues such as tooth and bone, is（E） (E) in that theyare composed of tissues such as tooth and bone, tissues - E正确
in that can never appear to be a correct choice( for stating the cause-and-effect relationship) in official problem
the usage of in that: quote:
X because Y means that there is an actual CAUSE-EFFECT RELATIONSHIP, in which Y is/was the actual CAUSE of X.
X in that Y is a LIMITING STATEMENT. in these statements, x is usually something very general, but then the sentence LIMITS that statement to the scope of whatever Y is.
here are a couple of examples.
joe is a typical teenager in that he likes to watch a great deal of television. --> MEANING: joe shares one thing with typical teenagers: namely, he likes to watch a lot of tv.
joe is a typical teenager because he likes to watch a great deal of television. --> MEANING: joe's tv shows have actually CAUSED him to BECOME LIKE other teenagers.
also, in the problem of their reference
when dealing with pronoun ambiguity issue, you should notice whether the pronoun is split against other concrete nouns (If that turns out to be the case, then you are more likely to be tested about the pronoun issue)
notice that their is being split in other choice
in the second example you raised , all the choices contain they, so pronoun ambiguity is not an issue ( the GMAT official takes for granted that we are able to determine who is the only and logical antecedent for they)
just don't use so many time to analyse pronoun ambiguity issue, the return on your time investment is quite pale
look for the splits to determine whether pronoun ambiguity is being tested here作者: stt300 时间: 2012-10-17 16:13
非常感谢DUKB回复，而且时间也很晚了还回复的那么详细，谢谢！也加你好友了，希望有机会多多沟通学习！
u got the point作者: sisichen666 时间: 2012-10-17 17:30
插个话，嘻嘻~~记得原来大叔好像说过，in that强调的是说明差异或有何特别之处，because强调的是绝对的因果关系，不过貌似是effectiveness的错误，不必过于纠结。。。。作者: stt300 时间: 2012-10-17 18:31
ok，谢谢你们的回复，此问题算是”结案“了，呵呵，其他人看到的话也能有所收获作者: Hendy 时间: 2014-11-20 09:41
you've got "they" and "their" in the same clause. if you have two or more instances of "they"/"their" in the SAME CLAUSE, then they must stand for the same thing.
this is the problem with (b): the first "they" is trying to stand for "depressed property values", but the second is trying to stand for "homeowners". not ok. 作者: zwhjzwhj 时间: 2015-1-14 18:57
can和potentially是重复 ?作者: liwuruiyun 时间: 2015-8-27 19:49
受教了，谢谢！
