OG12-91题的those问题，多谢NN们

alandiyer

***91.Nobody knows exactly how many languages there are in the world, partly because of the difficulty of distinguishing between a language and the sublanguages or dialects within it, but those who have tried to count typically have found about five thousand.
(A)and the sublanguages or dialects within it, but those who have tried to count typically have found
(B)and the sublanguages or dialects within them, with those who have tried counting typically finding
(C)and the sublanguages or dialects within it, but those who have tried counting it typically find
(D)or the sublanguages or dialects within them, but those who tried to count them typically found
(E)or the sublanguages or dialects within them, with those who have tried to count typically finding

语法	句子构架	Svo, but svo
	主谓一致
	平型结构	Between x and y DE错
	代词一致	A language ßàit BDE错, those 指代？？？
	修饰语
	动词TVM
	比较结构
含义	C : it 指代a language 在but句中，counting it … find 5000 不合理
简洁
习语	Try to do
正确答案	A

我的问题在于。。。选项里的those到底指代啥东西啊？

谢谢NN们

miffyhui

顶啊~~百度了一下：   those who have been here before—— who 引导定语从句，修饰those，those who 是一个固定的短语，表示“那些…的人”
是不是这样？

alandiyer

谢谢你的回答。
那岂不是成了循环指代？
those是who have tried to count typically 的先行词，又指代他

鱼winwin

who have tried to count typically