Manhattan Chapter 5 Pronouns Question 13

iversonhw · 发表于 2013-3-25 10:29:45

Our cat is cuter than those in the shelter.
it's said to be wrong with the folllowing info:
Correct one: Our cat is cuter than the cats in the shelter.
Explanation: This new, correct version of the sentence contains no third-person pronouns. {Our is a pronoun,but first-person pronouns such as our never have antecedents in the sentence.)
The original sentence is incorrect because those has no antecedent. Those is plural, and therefore
cannot refer to cat.

My question: Would it be correct if "those" is changed to "that" - Our cat is cuter than that in the shelter. In this case, 'that' could be a pronoun of 'cat'

victor198506 · 发表于 2013-3-26 00:14:56

I think it is better to use "the one"

rylstar01 · 发表于 2013-3-26 01:21:52

我个人的看法是这样的的
虽然说that在此处，作者是想要逻辑上指代的是cat，但是语法上我也可以指代our cat，会产生一定的歧义。
考试中遇到的话，根据题目的情况吧。如果只有that和those了，而没有the one等词清晰指代的话，退而求其次，只能选that了。

Manhattan Chapter 5 Pronouns Question 13

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