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作者: 呆牛牛 时间: 2012-10-16 20:52
标题: 求问一道prep07的语法题······
p1-sc 69. (28225-!-item-!-188;#058&003542)
The proliferation ofso-called cybersquatters, people who register the Internet domain names ofhigh-profile companies in hopes of reselling the rights to those names for aprofit, led to passing the Anti-Cybersquatting Consumer Protection Act in1999, allowing companies to seek up to $100,000 in damages against those whoregister domain names with the sole intent of selling them later.
(A) passing theAnti-Cybersquatting Consumer Protection Act in 1999, allowing companies to seekup to $100,000 in damages against those who register domain names with the soleintent of selling
(B) the passage of theAnti-Cybersquatting Consumer Protection Act in 1999, which allows companies toseek up to $100,000 in damages against those who register domain names with thesole intent that they will sell
(C) the passage in 1999of the Anti-Cybersquatting Consumer Protection Act, which allows companies toseek up to $100,000 in damages against those who register domain names with thesole intent ofselling
(D) theAnti-Cybersquatting Consumer Protection Act, which was passed in 1999, and itallows companies to seek up to $100,000 in damages against those who registerdomain names with the sole intent to sell
(E) the Anti-CybersquattingConsumer Protection Act, passed in 1999 and allowing companies to seek up to$100,000 in damages against those who register domain names with the soleintent of selling
这道题选C，但我不明白in 1999的问题，语法笔记上说A，B中in 1999都有修饰的奇异，既可以修饰passage又可以修饰Act，请问修饰Act是什么意思呢，我总感觉C中的位置才怪怪的，求解啊···谢！！！！！
作者: slr257 时间: 2012-10-16 21:05
意思就是GMAC自己其实很多时候也不清楚！在所有选项都不完美的情况之下，选择更加说得过去的！这道题在08里是是没有的，可能GMAC自己也意识到这题太烂，后来就拿下了。。。。
作者: 呆牛牛 时间: 2012-10-16 21:25
意思就是GMAC自己其实很多时候也不清楚！在所有选项都不完美的情况之下，选择更加说得过去的！这道题在08里是是没有的，可能GMAC自己也意识到这题太烂，后来就拿下了。。。。
-- by 会员 slr257 (2012/10/16 21:05:38)
作者: DUKB24 时间: 2012-10-16 22:58
in 1999 should modify led to the passage ; a verb modifier that states when the passage was led
when u place in 1999 close to Act , it seems that you are using in 1999 to act as a noun modifier to modifier Act ( Act that was in 1999)
you are creating an ambiguity for placing in 1999 at the end of the sentence， which can actually have two possible items to modify（passage？ or act？）
作者: mjiehu 时间: 2012-10-17 11:34
passage in 1999 of xxx
1999紧跟passage，passage of xxx
说明这个passage是在1999，后面的of是跟passage的
没有歧义
作者: 呆牛牛 时间: 2012-10-17 18:05
in 1999 should modify
led to the passage ; a verb modifier that states when the passage was led
when u place in 1999 close to
Act , it seems that you are using
in 1999 to act as a
noun modifier to modifier Act ( Act that was in 1999)
you are creating an ambiguity for placing
in 1999 at the end of the sentence， which can actually have two possible items to modify（passage？ or act？）
-- by 会员 DUKB24 (2012/10/16 22:58:45)
A. charge,federal prosecutors being unlikely in pursuing criminal copyright infringers,while offenders were
B. charge,with federal prosecutors who were unlikely to pursue criminal copyrightinfringers, offenders being
C. charge,federal prosecutors unlikely to pursue criminal copyright infringers, whileoffenders were
D. charge; therefore, federal prosecutors wereunlikely in pursuing criminal copyright infringers and offenders being (E)
E. charge;therefore, federal prosecutors were unlikely to pursue criminal copyrightinfringers, and offenders were
请看这道题的原句，这样用是不是也产生了歧义呢
作者: mjiehu 时间: 2012-10-17 19:45
until
作者: DUKB24 时间: 2012-10-17 20:33
in 1999 should modify
led to the passage ; a verb modifier that states when the passage was led
when u place in 1999 close to
Act , it seems that you are using
in 1999 to act as a
noun modifier to modifier Act ( Act that was in 1999)
you are creating an ambiguity for placing
in 1999 at the end of the sentence， which can actually have two possible items to modify（passage？ or act？）
-- by 会员 DUKB24 (2012/10/16 22:58:45)
-- by 会员 呆牛牛 (2012/10/17 18:05:58)
yes u r right
and you also point the most annoying yet interesting point in GMAT SC
the GMAT official sometimes is inconsistent in the explanation and problems （ especially when it comes to pronoun ambiguity issue）
so ，here are the few tips：
for non-underlined portions， what you need to do is to figure out why this portion should be right .. but sometimes this part is poorly written(like the example you raise and also many examples about pronoun issues and others), you should acknowlege this error but tolerate it ... since those poorly written sentences are also accepted by the authority， you should accpeted this sorts of ambiguity as well（followed the thingking pattern of these officials ）
for underlined portion， you should look for the splits to figure out what is being tested here
like the example above，the placement of modifier is actually split， here you should think that you are probably being test a point that modifier should be placed closely to the intended noun（ otherwise，it will change/obsure/distort the meaning or even render illogical meaning）
the placement of modifier is an issue frequently being tested by the GMAT， so you should be confident when finding this split
the same also applies to pronoun ambiguity， just look for the splits to guide you
the clue for solving the problem will always be buried in the five answer choices
作者: 呆牛牛 时间: 2012-10-17 21:07
in 1999 should modify
led to the passage ; a verb modifier that states when the passage was led
when u place in 1999 close to
Act , it seems that you are using
in 1999 to act as a
noun modifier to modifier Act ( Act that was in 1999)
you are creating an ambiguity for placing
in 1999 at the end of the sentence， which can actually have two possible items to modify（passage？ or act？）
-- by 会员 DUKB24 (2012/10/16 22:58:45)
-- by 会员 呆牛牛 (2012/10/17 18:05:58)
yes u r right
and you also point the most annoying yet interesting point in GMAT SC
the GMAT official sometimes is inconsistent in the explanation and problems （ especially when it comes to
pronoun ambiguity issue）
so ，here are the few tips：
for
non-underlined portions， what you need to do is to figure out why this portion should be right .. but sometimes this part is poorly written(like the example you raise and also many examples about pronoun issues and others), you should
acknowlege this error but tolerate it ... since those poorly written sentences are also accepted by the authority， you should accpeted this sorts of ambiguity as well（followed the thingking pattern of these officials ）
for
underlined portion， you should look for the splits to figure out what is being tested here
like the example above，
the placement of modifier is actually split， here you should think that you are probably being test a point that modifier should be placed closely to the intended noun（ otherwise，it will change/obsure/distort the meaning or even render illogical meaning）
the placement of modifier is an issue frequently being tested by the GMAT， so you should be confident when finding this split
the same also applies to pronoun ambiguity， just look for the splits to guide you
the clue for solving the problem will always be buried in the five answer choices
-- by 会员 DUKB24 (2012/10/17 20:33:28)
非常感谢，好详细，好感动~~~~~~~~~~~~~好人~~~~~~~~~~~~~·喵
作者: stt300 时间: 2012-10-18 13:51
UP！UP！hope more CDers see this topic and find the most efficient ways to solve the SC questions!
作者: 晨依Jacqueline 时间: 2012-10-18 22:30
mark一下一会看
作者: slr257 时间: 2012-10-19 02:27
in 1999 should modify
led to the passage ; a verb modifier that states when the passage was led
when u place in 1999 close to
Act , it seems that you are using
in 1999 to act as a
noun modifier to modifier Act ( Act that was in 1999)
you are creating an ambiguity for placing
in 1999 at the end of the sentence， which can actually have two possible items to modify（passage？ or act？）
-- by 会员 DUKB24 (2012/10/16 22:58:45)
-- by 会员 呆牛牛 (2012/10/17 18:05:58)
yes u r right
and you also point the most annoying yet interesting point in GMAT SC
the GMAT official sometimes is inconsistent in the explanation and problems （ especially when it comes to
pronoun ambiguity issue）
so ，here are the few tips：
for
non-underlined portions， what you need to do is to figure out why this portion should be right .. but sometimes this part is poorly written(like the example you raise and also many examples about pronoun issues and others), you should
acknowlege this error but tolerate it ... since those poorly written sentences are also accepted by the authority， you should accpeted this sorts of ambiguity as well（followed the thingking pattern of these officials ）
for
underlined portion， you should look for the splits to figure out what is being tested here
like the example above，
the placement of modifier is actually split， here you should think that you are probably being test a point that modifier should be placed closely to the intended noun（ otherwise，it will change/obsure/distort the meaning or even render illogical meaning）
the placement of modifier is an issue frequently being tested by the GMAT， so you should be confident when finding this split
the same also applies to pronoun ambiguity， just look for the splits to guide you
the clue for solving the problem will always be buried in the five answer choices
-- by 会员 DUKB24 (2012/10/17 20:33:28)
The point that let the split guide is really helpful. I am going to utilize it later when doing SC. Thanks a lot!
作者: DUKB24 时间: 2012-10-20 09:26
it seems that I ignores something really important in this question when I check out this question today again
it might be that there is really some sorts of ambiguity about the placement of in 1999 here, but the fatal issue should which modifier should be modify the noun as close as possible( in this case, Act rather than in 1999)
I will quote a thread that get you crystally clear (sorry about the previous mistake I make):
OK, but I need to say at the outset that this isn't really where the action is in B. Look to other issues before considering ambiguity, because ambiguous modifiers aren't really much of an issue on the GMAT. Sure, they can be an issue, just not much of an issue.
But there's ambiguous and then there's ambiguous.
One species of ambiguity occurs when a modifier has two acceptable clauses (or a clause and a noun) either of which it might modify, so far as grammar is concerned. If only one of the grammatically acceptable candidates really makes sense, then this species of ambiguity isn't a problem on the GMAT or elsewhere.
Another species of ambiguity occurs when a modifier has one grammatically acceptable noun or clause to modify, but it's not the one that sense tells us it should.
This example is closer to the second sort of ambiguity. Consider this part of the sentence formed by choosing B.
...led to the passage of the Anti-Cybersquatting Consumer Protection Act in 1999....
There seem to be three phrases/clauses any one of which in 1999 might modify:in 1999 could be an adverb phrase of time, modifying the verb led; in 1999might be a noun modifier modifying the action noun passage; in 1999 might be a noun modifier modifying the noun Act.
The first is by far the most appealing; in DATE is almost always an adverb phrase of time.
The second is flat wrong. If in 1999 is a noun modifier, it has to touch the noun it modifies (with exceptions irrelevant to this question).
The third is unlikely. Not only is in DATE is almost always an adverb, but the idiomatic expression is Act of 1999. We use of to modify acts rulings, etc. by assigning them times.
So the grammar of the sentence is pretty clear, in 1999 is an adverb modifying the verb led. But the grammar doesn't match the apparent sense of the original sentence.
I have to tell you gain, though, that the GMAT doesn't often hang a lot on such distinctions.
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