【OG20-P796-818题】关于修饰距离问题和it的指代问题

深高金的zkk · 发表于 2020-8-20 04:47:35

Ryūnosuke Akutagawa’s knowledge of the literatures ofEurope, China, and that of Japan were instrumental in his developmentas a writer, informing his literary style as much as the content ofhis fiction.

(A) that of Japan were instrumental in his development as a writer, informing his literary style as much as

(B) that of Japan was instrumental in his development as a writer, and it informed both his literary style as well as

(C) Japan was instrumental in his development as a writer, informing both his literary style and

(D) Japan was instrumental in his development as a writer, as it informed his literary style as much as

(E) Japan were instrumental in his development as a writer, informing both his literary style in addition to

一开始就能根据were和was，保留BCD。因为B的that of排除。

剩下C和D。本人感觉D选项比C选项正确的多。

原因如下：1.C选项的informing both his literary style的修饰对象距离太远。SVO, doing的结构类型，优先考虑修饰O或者是最近的noun.，但是这个informing修饰的是主语knowledge。
2.D选项的it明显的代替了这个弊端。SVO，as it informed his literary style.... 主从句的主语呼应，所以it指代的自然是主句的主语knowledge。

关于我的想法到底有什么问题呢，请各位NN指正。

ST5 · 发表于 2020-8-20 08:34:40

你关于C的解读不太对，SVO, V-ing是apply到SVO整个句子，（有时）需要S是V-ING的逻辑主语。你说的就近修饰Noun是没有逗号的情况。
1. D中it指代主句的Subject，这个规则（pronoun指代前一个句子的Sub）确实存在，不过感觉在GMAT里对指代清晰的程度要求比这个严格。it在这里有指代knowledge或者development的嫌疑。
2. 其他网上的分析as要么是because要么表示同时进行，有观点认为D的句子没有这层关系。我觉得这个观点不一定对，当然后面inform作为具体怎么instrumental的表达方式更好（C），但如果说因为inform了（用as），所以instrumental我觉得也说得过去。
3. 很tricky的是as much as。这个表达有歧义。A inform B as much as C. 可以是A inform B = A inform C. 也可以是A inform B = C inform B.
这个as adv/adj as xx 很多情况下是错误的。给两个例子：你可以看到下面的句子没有歧义，是因为自然的logic能让你排除掉上面列的其中一种可能性。但是很多情况下上诉的例子是无法排除其中一种的。 SVO as adv as C. 后面C的部分可以是S即CVO也可以是O即SVC。
I run faster than you.
I like tea better than coffee.

深高金的zkk · 发表于 2020-8-20 12:16:37

ST5 发表于 2020-8-20 08:34
你关于C的解读不太对，SVO, V-ing是apply到SVO整个句子，（有时）需要S是V-ING的逻辑主语。你说的就近修饰N ...

特别感谢你的解答！就是不是很明白您最后举的例子，能否说的更通俗一点呢？

elleven806 · 发表于 2020-8-24 14:27:53

补充说明上面那位小伙伴最后的举例
在gmat考试里，有时候是可以省略一些适当的helping verbs 像be, do and have…
但是如果没有helping verbs 会出现 ambiguous的情况，就不要省略

e.g. SVO more than C (VO) 省略 C后面的helping verbs的有时候容易产生歧义
比如 I like A more than C.
就会出现以下两种歧义
I like A more than I like C.
I like A more than C likes A.

深高金的zkk · 发表于 2020-8-24 15:44:57

elleven806 发表于 2020-8-24 14:27
补充说明上面那位小伙伴最后的举例
在gmat考试里，有时候是可以省略一些适当的helping verbs 像be, do and ...

终于理解了这个意思！感谢你们两个的耐心解答！

Alaska17 · 发表于 2020-8-28 23:06:05

Knowledge was instrumental, informing. 结构很好。
‘SVO, doing的结构类型，优先考虑修饰O或者是最近的noun.’。此观点有误。
D说的意思好像是，knowledge没有亏待style一样。意思很奇怪。D翻译过来：知识很重要，因为它（知识）对style的影响和对content的影响一样大/多。这话不是很看得懂。
而C很make sense--知识很重要。它遍及与他的both写作风格and写作内容中。

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