一点猜想,不一定正确:
A. Elk now live almost solely in the Rocky Mountains, which would make it seem that elk are mountain dwellers, while they once ranged over virtually all of the continental United States except for a small strip in the extreme Southwest.
B. The fact that elk now live almost solely in the Rocky Mountains would make it seem that they are mountain dwellers, but they once ranged over virtually all of the continental United States except for a small strip in the extreme Southwest.
把答案都代入原句后发现区别不大 1. B的make it seem that后面的they是否有误指代mountains的嫌疑?相比之下,A重复了elk而没有用they。这点A优。 2. B的主句主语是the fact, 从句主语是个代词they。而A主语是Elk, 从句主语是they保持了一致。不知道这个算不算一个? 3. 还有就是A的which的问题了,但是这个不能算是一个语法错误。 4. 原文是主句一般时态,B变成了the fact would make it seem that....,变成了虚拟。这算是一个致命有效性错误。
各有问题。但都是有效性问题,不是语法错误。实在不知道是如何权衡。 open to discuss.
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