OG12-6 请教代词的指代问题

rx_11

原题如下原题如下：
6. In late 1997, the chambers inside the pyramid of the Pharaoh Menkaure at Giza were closed to visitors for cleaning and repair due to moisture exhaled by
tourists, which raised its humidity to such levels so that salt from the stone was crystallizing and fungus was growing on the walls.
(A) due to moisture exhaled by tourists, which raised its humidity to such levels so that salt from the stone was crystallizing
(B) due to moisture that tourists had exhaled, thereby raising its humidity to such levels that salt from the stone would crystallize
(C) because tourists were exhaling moisture, which had raised the humidity within them to levels such that salt from the stone would crystallize
(D) because of moisture that was exhaled by tourists raising the humidity within them to levels so high as to make the salt from the stone crystallize
(E) because moisture exhaled by tourists had raised the humidity within them to such levels that salt from the stone was crystallizing

抛开单复数不一致的问题，请问B选项中的its和A选项中的its，为什么B选项中its指代错误，而A选项中的没有错。
还有同样的，E选项中的them正确，而C D中的them错误。。小弟我实在看不出他们有什么差别····所以请教各位关于指代的问题~~~~哪些指代是正确的，哪些是可能会有歧义的～～～谢谢～～

zhoutongwawa1

今天复习到这个，和楼主同问，关于them的指代问题
OG解释 CD选项中them都是指代tourists， 而E清晰指代chambers
如果说
C： 对于them而言，tourists相当于主句主语。这没什么好说的。肯定优先

实在不明白D和E，求指点

御寒

babybearmm 发表于 2012-1-27 21:14
这贴子说due to=cause by这肯定不对。GMAT always takes LITERAL meanings of this type of words. "due to ...

同意！               

我要喝可乐

babybearmm 发表于 2012-1-27 21:14
这贴子说due to=cause by这肯定不对。GMAT always takes LITERAL meanings of this type of words. "due to ...

讲的超级清楚！

Hendy

babybearmm 发表于 2012-1-28 13:14
纠正一下我这个贴子里自己编的例子(the fund manager....)，应该用because of而不是due to，我改过来了另外 ...

蒙蒙了，那么什么时候用because of ，什么时候用due to  呢

成成儿

zzwgyyy 发表于 2010-2-24 04:04
C： 对于them而言，tourists相当于主句主语。这没什么好说的。肯定优先D:  because of是介词。整个后 ...

好厉害，谢谢～～

唐小丑

ciciwenwen 发表于 2013-12-21 12:36
关于E选项的them为何大家觉得ambiguous但是还是正确的说法可以参考曼哈顿tim的说法：
".... i'm not a big  ...

repair 本身就有两种词性，verb and noun。
不过，我不知道他为什么把simple gerund和action noun 并列。
读起来也怪怪的。

唐小丑

Don't overcomplicate the issue of pronouns. With pronouns, all you have to think about is ...
... What thing/person/idea the pronoun want to stand for?
... Is there a NOUN for that thing/person/idea?
... Do the pronoun and noun match (in terms of singular/plural)?
If the answers to the last two questions are "yes" and "yes", then the pronoun is fine.
That's all.
As you can see here, adding unnecessary complexity will just make easy decisions hard, and will often lead to incorrect conclusions.

以上是Ron说的，我之前也是一直在代词指代问题上弄不清楚，而且在做题的时候花很多时间在上面，这道题我做错题整理的时候花了好长时间把A为什么是指代单复数不一致，B为什么不清楚it指代什么，CD为什么seems to refer to tourists，E为什么指代chambers搞清楚了，至少是按我目前有的verbal acknowledge分析出来了，但是我看了这段话之后瞬间觉得没必要了，因为：
1、考场上没有那么多时间做代词指代的分析；
2、就算能分析清楚，依然存在正确答案的代词指代ambiguous。
综上，我觉得按照Ron所说的遇到代词就这样分析，基本不会出错。
另，every IT and ITS must refer to the same singular antecedent. every they, them, and their must refer to the same plural antecedent.

Charline_chang

为什么是repair 不是repairing？？？？

ciciwenwen

关于E选项的them为何大家觉得ambiguous但是还是正确的说法可以参考曼哈顿tim的说法：
".... i'm not a big fan of this question, because it seems to go against what we expect of pronouns. the main thing to keep in mind is that pronoun ambiguity is subordinate to more rigorous grammar rules, and the other four choices have very clear mistakes..
所以，我理解是这个规则是灵活的，如果有更rigid的硬伤在，那么这个能将就就将就吧。