og 16 30. In late 1997 介宾里的名词能不能被指代？

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30. 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

OG解释： D them seems to refer to tourists。

然而E也有这个问题啊！如OG指出的错误， 我认为是硬伤。既然同时出现在d/e 中，为何E就不模糊了呢？（当然d用cystallize 不与 growing 平行也可以删除）

另外， by tourists 介宾，应该是可以忽略不看的，我认为代词不会指代介宾短语里的词？

求niuniu现身～～

医生吃鱼

1、楼主你又一次找出了OG解释不严谨的地方。无数实例证明OG的解释水平很低，不足信。

2、代词指代对象问题
我认为GMAT唯一考核的代词指代知识点，就是“单复数”--即通过句意推测代词的指代对象，如果两者单复数不同，可以作为基本语法错误排除。

3、代词可以指代作介宾的名词
例：OG16-SC11：The intricate structure of the compound insect eye, with its（指代insect eye） hundreds of miniature eyes called ommatidia, helps explain why scientists have assumed that it（指代insect eye） evolved independently of the vertebrate eye.其他错误选项：
(B) having hundreds of miniature eyes that are called ommatidia, helps explain why scientists have assumed that they（单复数错，排除）
(C) with its hundreds of miniature eyes that are called ommatidia, helps explain scientists’ assuming that they（单复数错，排除）

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elusive 发表于 2016-3-22 07:28
不建议看OG解释，有的时候很误导（应该是很大一部分情况下）。

E里面them也可能代指游客。them可能指所有 ...

同意！