OG16-SC50中which定语从句与逗号+分词的句意区别

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OG16-SC50：It is called a sea, but the landlocked Caspian is actually the largest lake on Earth, which covers more than four times the surface area of its closest rival in size, North America’s Lake Superior.


(A) It is called a sea, but the landlocked Caspian is actually the largest lake on Earth, which covers


(B) Although it is called a sea, actually the landlocked Caspian is the largest lake on Earth, which covers


(C) Though called a sea, the landlocked Caspian is actually the largest lake on Earth, covering


(D) Though called a sea but it actually is the largest lake on Earth, the landlocked Caspian covers


(E) Despite being called a sea, the largest lake on Earth is actually the landlocked Caspian, covering


OA：C


我认为，ABC三个选项都没有语法错误，因此差别一定是在句意上。


AB选项中，which从句修饰largest lake在语法上应该也是可行的。只是想不明白，AB选项的句意与C选项有何不同？


求指教！

f-hanes

医生吃鱼 发表于 2016-3-28 17:27
有道理！

which从句修饰对象判断的第一原则是单复数一致！

多切磋啊

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elusive 发表于 2016-3-28 11:40
这里which修饰的是lake而不是里海是因为
里海是主语，最大湖是宾语，which只能修饰靠近靠近的宾语

感谢指教！

我觉得，f-hanes兄的说法很有道理。

因为这道题中B选项which从句中谓语是were，根据单复数一致，只可能修饰复数hearings，避免混淆！

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f-hanes 发表于 2016-3-28 10:50
我记得Ron有一次说过：A 介词 B, which is/are，如果which跳跃修饰A，A和B的单复数是不同的，如果相同那么 ...

有道理！

which从句修饰对象判断的第一原则是单复数一致！

看来这道题的AB选项的错误点确实如OG解释所说，which从句错误修饰earth，导致句意错。

茅塞顿开，谢谢！

f-hanes

elusive 发表于 2016-3-28 12:35
就像hearings on the impeachment of President Richard Nixon里面which修饰的是hearings而不是尼克松 ...

不是，你再仔细看下我刚刚发的。Ron有一次说过：A 介词 B, which is/are，如果which跳跃修饰A，A和B的单复数是不同的，如果相同那么优先修饰B。意思就是which就近修饰B，除非which后的谓语明确告诉你只能修饰单数或复数名词。所以跳跃修饰只有一种情况，A和B必然单复数不相同，且which后谓语只能修饰A，而不是A，B都可修饰。

你的例子完全符合Ron的解释：hearings on the impeachment of President Richard Nixon，两个名词hearings和impeachment，一个复数一个单数，正确答案是which were，只能修饰hearing。A介词B，which完全可以修饰B，而不是你说的只修饰中心词A。