标题: 请教Manhattan 5th 中的一处its 指代. [打印本页] 作者: Apolloemma 时间: 2013-3-28 15:04 标题: 请教Manhattan 5th 中的一处its 指代. An incidence cannot logically exceed women. In the construction X exceed> Y, the subject X and the ob ject Y must be parallel. To fix the problem, you can repeat the noun incidence or use the pronoun that. In any case, you must repeat the preposition among
Right: The incidence of the disease among men EXCEEDS the incidence among women.
Right: The incidence of the disease among men EXCEEDSits incidence among women. (这里的its 指代什么?)
Right: The incidence of the disease among men EXCEEDSthat among women