大全语法题求助

葛佳

5. Citing the recent increase in earning by several computer companies, economists feel that a cycle has begun in which personal computer users, especially corparate consumers, are replacing their PC's with more powerful models.
A.a cycle has begun in which personal computer users,
B. a cycle for personal computer users has begun in which they
为什么选A ？我选的是B

mongmong

解释的真好

yawgamoth86

多個複數名詞出現時候
一般不會用they因為會指代不清
我知道你理解了句子所以知道they指代users
然而 型式上來看 they 可以指代users也能指代economists

葛佳

Citing the recent increase in earning by several computer companies, economists feel that a [B]cycle for personal computer users has begun in which they, especially corparate consumers, are replacing their PC's with more powerful models.

they are replacing their PC's with more powerful models.
主语不是还是 users 么符合逻辑呀？ they可以指代 economists么？

yawgamoth86

是這樣的
代詞應當是優先指代句子的主語  economists這裡是作為主語
你要把B帶入整個句子看就會發現句子意思有歧義了

葛佳

不是优先 ‘就近原则’they就指代了 users了吗？

yawgamoth86

they會指代不清阿 你看句子前頭有很多的複數名詞 容易造成歧義
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