OG12 117 them&these

778879

George Sand (Aurore Lucile Dupin) was one of thefirst European writers to consider the rural poor to be legitimate subjects for literature and portray these with sympathy and respect in her novels.
(A)  to be legitimate subjects for literature and portray these
(B)  should belegitimate subjects for literature: portray these
(C)  as being legitimate subjects for literature an portraying them
(D)  as if they were legitimate subjects for literal; and portray them
(E)  legitimate subjects for literature and to portray them


OG上说them指的是rural poor ，these是指示代词，既可以指subject也可以只poor。但好奇怪啊，them不可以指subject么？。。。还是说them只能指人所以不能指subject？

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zxzxy1988 发表于 2015-2-16 14:47
manhattan GMAT里面有这么一句话，我觉得能够帮助解决这个问题：
on the GMAT, do not use this or these i ...

那我想请问一下噢 为啥这里需要用复数呢

zxzxy1988

manhattan GMAT里面有这么一句话，我觉得能够帮助解决这个问题：
on the GMAT, do not use this or these in place of nouns, unless you modify that or those to make them New Copies. Instead, use it, they, or them.
                        Wrong: Her products are unusual; many consider THESE unique.
                        Right: Her products are unusual; many consider THEM unique.
                        Many consider her products better than those of her competitors.

也就是说，this/that/these/those这种指示代词，不能直接指代名词，后面必须加点什么...

778879

是的呢，现在明白了

wodexiaomozi

看过一个解释，说this不能裸奔指代，例如he killed all dears, this will cause ……这个不对，应该是this phenomenon will……

778879

所以是说these不能单独使用，后面必须要跟一个名词么

czghy

these后面应该跟个名词吧，要不就指代不清了。them是poor的指代，逻辑上合理，是宾格