OG106 关于it指代！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！

cite Manhattan：“pronoun ambiguity isn't always -- or even usually -- a fatal error.”
这里的it就只能从意思上理解它指代radio了吧

代词指代不是绝对错误

既然其它都能排除了 那还纠结啥

106.  Marconi’s conception of the radio was as a substitute for the telephone, a tool for private conversation; instead, it is precisely the opposite, a tool for communicating with a large, public audience.
(A)  Marconi’s conception of the radio was as a substitute for the telephone, a tool for private conversation; instead, it is
(B)  Marconi conceived of the radio as a substitute for the telephone, a tool for private conversation, but which is
(C)  Marconi conceived of the radio as a tool for private conversation that could substitute for the telephone; instead, it has become
(D)  Marconi conceived of the radio to be a tool for private conversation, a substitute for the telephone, which has become
(E)  Marconi conceived of the radio to be a substitute for the telephone, a tool for private conversation, other than what it is,

其他答案都可以排除，这个ok
就是C中instead后边这个it的指代为什么不会出现歧义？radio这里不算是在主语位置吧？又因为it不能指代人，所以radio和telephone有相同被指代的可能。
还是说因为telephone这会在that从句了，所以radio优先于telephone被指代？

[/quote确实不用纠结这个代词~~LZ可以这样看吧，N as a tool for........;it ......a tool for(两边修饰语对应主语相同，就是内容改变进行对比罢了）