想确定下OG48

fbfamous · 发表于 2004-11-28 17:50:00

48. The golden crab of the Gulf of Mexico has not been fished commercially in great numbers, primarily on account of living at great depths-- 2,500 to 3,000 feet down.

on account of living
on account of their living
because it lives
because of living
being they live
As used in choices A, B, and D, the phrases on account of and because of are unidiomatic; because, which appears in C and E, is preferable here since because can introduce a complete subordinate clause explaining the reason why the golden crab has not been fished extensively. B and E also produce agreement errors by using the plural pronouns their and they to refer to the singular noun crab. Choice D, like A, fails to provide a noun or pronoun to perform the action of living, but even with its the phrases would be more awkward and less clear than it lives. C, which uses because and it as the singular subject of a clause, is the best choice.

为什么说the phrases on account of and because of are unidiomatic?一直没想明白.

想确定下是不是ETS的意思说GMAT中不能用on account of和because of呢？？

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fbfamous · 发表于 2004-11-29 06:18:00

fbfamous · 发表于 2004-11-29 09:51:00

鼎鼎

fbfamous · 发表于 2004-11-30 09:37:00

up!!!!!

fbfamous · 发表于 2004-12-2 07:05:00

为什么没人理我？？问题太傻？？

joe11 · 发表于 2004-12-2 14:08:00

on account of, because of

其中的 of 是 prep. 其后优先接 n. 所以 v.ing 就不太合适了。

fbfamous · 发表于 2004-12-2 14:13:00

哦，那也就是说不是非错不可了？？！！

原来每次看OG的解释都否定这两种说法，原以为ETS拒绝这种短语呢

OK，明白了，不是完全否定这两个说法就好，谢谢joe11

leeon · 发表于 2004-12-2 14:19:00

注意primarily 前面的逗号，所以后面是一个原因状语从句。所以这里Og说只有C和E用的是从句。排除E，只有C了.

fbfamous · 发表于 2004-12-2 14:41:00

以下是引用leeon在2004-12-2 14:19:00的发言：
注意primarily 前面的逗号，所以后面是一个原因状语从句。所以这里Og说只有C和E用的是从句。排除E，只有C了.

这个我倒觉得问题不大吧？逗号后面可以是介词短语+名词做补充说明啊什么的，逗号后面不一定是从句吧，偶想。

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leeon · 发表于 2004-12-2 14:56:00

逗号后面一定要是语法上完整的成分，句子或独立主格或者分词状语，除非两个逗号中间加入插入语或同谓结构。如果用A,B,D的形式前面逗号要去掉。否则语法上就是不完整的。如OG解释所描述的unidiomatic。

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