关于比较的一题省略，这题我不是特别明白

921075453 · 发表于 2015-9-18 23:29:30

The clothes looked more appealing inside the store than on the racks outside.
The clothes inside the store looked more appealing than on the racks outside.
这两句话，第一句是对的，并没有歧义，第二句是错的，有歧义，还望NN们能点拔我一下，如何判断介词的位置是否有歧义，我看了半天脑袋没转过弯来，以前做比较估计就是这一类有漏洞，还望大家赐教

strongweak2 · 发表于 2015-9-19 03:22:57

第一个理解为一件衣服在店里和外面不一样,都是一个东西在不同地方的比较
第二个容易误解为两件衣服的比较,一个里面的,一个外面不同商品的比较

guoyilin2015 · 发表于 2015-9-19 10:16:39

主要问题应该是在inside the store的修饰对象
inside the store倾向于修饰离它最近的对象
在第一句中它修饰look，比较的是同一衣服在两个不同地方的look
第二句中修饰clothes，比较的是两类衣服，它们的区别在于所处的位置

第一句补全为the clothes looked more appealing inside the store than (they looked) on the racks outside.
第二句补全为the clothes inside the store looked more appealing than (the clothes) on the racks outside.
但我觉得不能补充为the clothes inside the store looked more appealing than (they looked) on the racks outside. 因为这样补充句子就不再平行了。
强行要求平行和比较对象就变成the clothes inside the store looked more appealing than (they) on the racks (looked).

guoyilin2015 · 发表于 2015-9-19 10:19:34

11. The clothes inside the store looked more appealing than on the racks outside.

This sentence seems to compare some clothes (The clothes inside the store) to a location (on the racks
outside). It is hard to tell whether the author wants to compare two separate sets of clothes or one set of
clothes in two display locations.

One way to correct the sentence would be to rewrite it as the sentence in problem 6.

Correction (a): The clothes looked more appealing inside the store than on the racks outside.
This version makes sense because it puts the phrase inside the store after the comparison signal more
appealing, thus making that phrase available for a comparison with on the racks outside. In this version
there is one set of clothes, and the comparison is between how these same clothes looked inside the store and how they looked on the racks outside. (Perhaps a customer brought the clothes into the store, and is describing the different appearance of the same clothes before and after the move.)

Correction (b): The clothes inside the store looked more appealing than (did) those on the racks
outside.

This version compares two sets of clothes, the clothes inside the store and those on the racks outside, telling us that the former are more appealing than the latter. The word did is optional.

Manhattan对句子进行修改时还不是调整了inside the store的位置才达成比较同一衣服的不同looks。所以个人认为不造成歧义。。

921075453 · 发表于 2015-9-19 16:48:32

guoyilin2015 发表于 2015-9-19 10:19
11. The clothes inside the store looked more appealing than on the racks outside.

This sentence see ...

原来是介词的词性的区别，好的我明白了，谢谢

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