OG16-SC50中which定语从句与逗号+分词的句意区别

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OG16-SC50：It is called a sea, but the landlocked Caspian is actually the largest lake on Earth, which covers more than four times the surface area of its closest rival in size, North America’s Lake Superior.


(A) It is called a sea, but the landlocked Caspian is actually the largest lake on Earth, which covers


(B) Although it is called a sea, actually the landlocked Caspian is the largest lake on Earth, which covers


(C) Though called a sea, the landlocked Caspian is actually the largest lake on Earth, covering


(D) Though called a sea but it actually is the largest lake on Earth, the landlocked Caspian covers


(E) Despite being called a sea, the largest lake on Earth is actually the landlocked Caspian, covering


OA：C


我认为，ABC三个选项都没有语法错误，因此差别一定是在句意上。


AB选项中，which从句修饰largest lake在语法上应该也是可行的。只是想不明白，AB选项的句意与C选项有何不同？


求指教！

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elusive 发表于 2016-3-28 03:16
你好啊！

我觉得里海covers more than four times the surface area of its closest rival in size要比

同意，我也觉得C的句意更清晰，而且更简洁。

但是AB中的WHICH定语从句修饰the largest lake的句意是：最大的湖流经的面积是第二大湖的四倍。

还是觉的AB的句意能讲通。

找到一题中which有类似的句意。PREP07-SC33：More than 300 rivers drain into Siberia's Lake Baikal, which holds 20 percent of the world's fresh water, more than all the North American Great Lakes combined.

f-hanes

我记得Ron有一次说过：A 介词 B, which is/are，如果which跳跃修饰A，A和B的单复数是不同的，如果相同那么优先修饰B。这里lake和earth都是单数，which优先修饰earth。

f-hanes

elusive 发表于 2016-3-28 11:40
这里which修饰的是lake而不是里海是因为
里海是主语，最大湖是宾语，which只能修饰靠近靠近的宾语

兄弟, 我的意思是lake on earth, which优先修饰earth, 因为lake和earth都是单数, which没有理由一定修饰lake

f-hanes

elusive 发表于 2016-3-28 12:35
就像hearings on the impeachment of President Richard Nixon里面which修饰的是hearings而不是尼克松 ...

不是，你再仔细看下我刚刚发的。Ron有一次说过：A 介词 B, which is/are，如果which跳跃修饰A，A和B的单复数是不同的，如果相同那么优先修饰B。意思就是which就近修饰B，除非which后的谓语明确告诉你只能修饰单数或复数名词。所以跳跃修饰只有一种情况，A和B必然单复数不相同，且which后谓语只能修饰A，而不是A，B都可修饰。

你的例子完全符合Ron的解释：hearings on the impeachment of President Richard Nixon，两个名词hearings和impeachment，一个复数一个单数，正确答案是which were，只能修饰hearing。A介词B，which完全可以修饰B，而不是你说的只修饰中心词A。