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作者: 葵connie 时间: 2014-6-2 10:28
标题: GWD语法题目一道
GWD-24-28.
Unlike most severance packages, which require workers to stay
until the last day scheduled to collect, workers at the automobile
company are eligible for its severance package even if they find
a new job before they are terminated.
A. the last day scheduled to collect, workers at the automobile
company are eligible for its severance package.
B. the last day they are scheduled to collect, workers are
eligible for the automobile company’s severance package
C. their last scheduled day to collect, the automobile company
offers its severance package to workers.
D. their last scheduled day in order to collect, the automobile
company’s severance package is available to workers.
E. the last day that they are scheduled to collect, the automobile
company’s severance package is available to workers.

答案是D，我选E
问题：
D的in order to用法
和E的错误之处在哪里

作者: DanielJune 时间: 2014-6-2 10:32
in order to主语是前面的which，是指most severance packages把workers留下来是为了让他们去collect

我觉得E的错误是the last day they are scheduled这个表达不好吧？自己也是刚错了这道题，也选了E，这是Prep07的原题

作者: DUKB24 时间: 2014-6-2 10:55

DanielJune 发表于 2014-6-2 10:32
in order to主语是前面的which，是指most severance packages把workers留下来是为了让他们去collect

我觉 ...

the last day that they are scheduled to collect → the are scheduled to collect the last day？（illogical）排除

作者: alzn2765 时间: 2014-6-2 22:23
E中they指代歧义。E中实际指代the works，但从E的逻辑表达指代的是packages.

作者: qlxqx 时间: 2014-6-3 00:09
E: the last day that they are scheduled to collect , 这里定义从句that they are scheduled to collect是修饰the last day的，这显然不对啊，不能说collect the last day。

作者: asfarasi 时间: 2014-8-3 17:21
贴一下RON的解释：
Choice D says "their last scheduled day".
"In order to collect" doesn't modify "last scheduled day". In fact, it can't, because "in order to ___" isn't allowed to describe nouns; it can only describe entire actions.
So, you know for sure that "in order to collect" is talking about the action of staying until the last day of work.

about E
if you say "the last day that they are scheduled to collect", this means that "day" must be a direct object.
this makes no sense, unless the employees are collecting days (which they clearly aren't).

another example:
"the time that we were scheduled to meet" is incorrect. the literal reading of this is that you were scheduled to meet the time itself.
(in case you're wondering, the correct way to say this would be "the time at which we were scheduled to meet", since the preposition "at" must be conserved.)

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