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Avantasia

同问OG113, 为什么whoes不可以跳越修饰呢?

Avantasia

贴出一个就是说whoes跳越修饰的, 大家看看为什么?!

Studies show that young people with higher-than-average blood pressure and their families have a history of high blood pressure are more likely than others to develop a severe form of the condition.

(A) and their families have a history of high blood pressure

(B) whose families have a history of high blood pressure

(C) and a history of high blood pressure runs in the family

KEY: B

请问B的whose为什么不会有修饰blood pressure的歧意?既然whose可以修饰人和物.

Avantasia

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bobwangwb

  顶一下，大家讨论。

fr6102790

介定是否VAGUE的语法点ETS并未逐一说明，泛泛而言，VAGUE与否不是指修饰与被修饰语的远近来介定；而是说A在修饰B的情况下可以修饰C，则此时ETS认定句意不清。

多看OG的相关解释会发现，THAT等名词性、形容词性从句可以适当跳跃修饰，只要不引起争议。

借用XDF老师的语法总结：一个句子有ABCDEFG部分依次排开：

ABCDEF介词G，Which从句。此时从句可以修饰G或F，即从句可以跳跃一次。

回到上句，

85. Out of America's fascination with all things antique has grown a market for bygone styles of furniture and fixtures that is bringing back the chaise lounge, the overstuffed sofa, and the claw-footed bathtub.

此时THAT从句恰好符合XDF规则；

而ETS的解释又是怎么样的呢？

一般而言，它均从语意及逻辑入手，再佐以语法规则；以上文为例：

1.语意及逻辑而言：是市场而非其他将chaise lounge, the overstuffed sofa, and the claw-footed bathtub. 带回来；

2.语法规则：THAT从句使用IS单数来规避修饰 bygone styles of furniture and fixtures 之嫌（修饰后者须用复数）

fr6102790

就此题而言：

WHOSE从句当然可以修饰A with B结构中的任何一个，那如何介定修饰的谁呢？答案是：

1.看语法规则：WHOSE从句中的动词，whose families have a history 明显提示WHOSE从句修饰对象是复数，即young people

2.看逻辑意思：将WHOSE从句中的动词改为单数，你认为说的通吗？

偶理解的ETS规则是：逻辑意思说不通则完全不对；语法规则说不通则还有的玩，即偶的语法规则尚须改善。

[此贴子已经被作者于2005-3-29 15:22:21编辑过]

fr6102790

TO：楼主

这个题目里面monkey和whoes中间有一个braches, 如果说可以跳越的话, 那为什么OG解释说错了?

参见偶人的上两贴，此题WHOSE VAGUE的原因在于WHOSE及可以修饰猴子有可以修饰树枝，所以说它有歧义；

但是为什么说会产生unclear呢?

非限定性定语从句就近修饰没问题嘛.

无论可否跳跃，有歧义已经肯定不对了。

colacat

我前面已经说这里,独立主格的成分实际上是状语而不是定语

如果一定要跳跃的话,你根本找不到合适的修饰对象,visitor 显然是说不通的,如果要是monkeys的话,就变成了游客看到的是那些monkeys (whose arms and legs were hanging )sleeping on the branches;明显的改变的句意,而且也不和逻辑

colacat

以下是引用-Aquarius-在2005-3-28 2:05:00的发言：

贴出一个就是说whoes跳越修饰的, 大家看看为什么?!

Studies show that young people with higher-than-average blood pressure and their families have a history of high blood pressure are more likely than others to develop a severe form of the condition.

(A) and their families have a history of high blood pressure

(B) whose families have a history of high blood pressure

(C) and a history of high blood pressure runs in the family

KEY: B

请问B的whose为什么不会有修饰blood pressure的歧意?既然whose可以修饰人和物.

with higher-than-average blood pressure 介宾短语修饰的中心词是people