OG 16 50题的E选项和54题 关于despite用法的疑问

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50. 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 lakeon Earth, which covers

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

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

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

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

54. Despite its covering the entire planet, Earth has a crust that is not seamless orstationary, rather it is fragmented into mobile semirigid plates.

(A) Despite its covering the entire planet, Earth has a crust that is notseamless or stationary, rather it is

(B) Despite the fact that it covers the entire planet, Earth’s crust is neitherseamless nor is it stationary, but is

(C) Despite covering the entire planet, Earth’s crust is neither seamless noris it stationary, but rather

(D) Although it covers the entire planet, Earth’s crust is neitherseamlessnor stationary, but rather

(E) Although covering the entire planet, Earth has a crust that is notseamless or stationary, but

楼主的疑问是关于despite。以及OG对于50题选项E的解释。

在54题的OG 选项D解释中，他这样说，Despite and although are very close in meaning. However, despite is a preposition and needs to be followed by a noun or noun phrase, while although is a conjuction and should be followed by a finite clause.

所以，OG的意思就是despite后面是无法跟doing，done等除了名词和名词短语的吗？也就是说，一旦看到despite跟其他，就可以排除，还是不完全绝对？？？

对于50题E 的解释，楼主也表示看不懂，求大牛啊啊啊

OG: Despite being called a sea indicates, somewhat illogically, that the largest lake being called a sea would lead one to expect it not to be the Caspian. This makes little sense, especially to those who are familiar with the name Capian Sea.

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xcdamon

是这样 despite 是一个介词，介词后面跟一个完整的句子 是肯定错的 换句话说 后面不能跟实意动词，只能跟N 以及修饰这个名词的形容词
i.e. For today's weather is bad, i am going to stay at home. ---->wrong
     For the bad weather, i am going to stay at home.---> YEP

我懂你的意思 是因为E选项中的despite being called 看起来不像跟了一个完整的句子-- 因为里面没有主语。
但是实际上 你要知道although/ though的用法
although 和 though 都是连接词，连接两个完整的句子，但是要注意although 有省略用法  当although 连接的两个从句主语一致的时候 although 后面的 主语和谓语可以省略
     Although I am a chinese, I like to eat pizza
     Although a chinese, I like to eat pizza
        这两个都是对的。回到你的这一题里面
Though (the landlocked Caspian is)called a sea, the landlocked Caspian is actually the largest lake on Earth, covering.......

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

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

这里你要注意 句子部分之间的移动 很容易会造成修饰歧义---> 因为形容词要靠近修饰对象, 你把正确句子的顺序打乱，很容易造成不必要的歧义

一定要知道 called a sea 修饰的是 caspian。但是E 选项 前面的the lake。。一个lake 被叫作sea?  显然不符合逻辑。

以上是我确定的。

这里我有一个疑惑或者不是非常确定的是---E 选项的 Despite being called a sea其实是 正确的，E 选项唯一错的地方是在 上面提到的 改变位置后的修饰歧义

   being called a sea 这里是一个动名词，而我查了一下

“A gerund phrase will begin with a gerund, an ing word, and will include othermodifiers and/or objects. Gerund phrases always function as nouns”

这么一说，好像就说的过去了。despite 后面还是跟了一个nouns 所以 没有问题

同理可得 54题里面 Despite covering the entire planet 也应该是正确的结构 错误在其他地方。

而且 我翻了一下og的答案 没有出现 直接点出 despite+gerund 是错误的用法。当然了 LZ 不必和我一样纠结- -， 每个选项都不止一个答案  所以先看其他的split更靠谱一点。

医生吃鱼

xcdamon 发表于 2016-5-1 04:18
是这样 despite 是一个介词，介词后面跟一个完整的句子 是肯定错的 换句话说 后面不能跟实意动词，只能跟N  ...

同意你的看法：despite + being短语不是绝对错误。

楼主举得两题中的despite选项里，都有其他更明显的语法错误。

xcdamon

医生吃鱼 发表于 2016-5-1 21:24
同意你的看法：despite + being短语不是绝对错误。

楼主举得两题中的despite选项里，都有其他更明显的语 ...

got it~ thanks~~~

iamluluhaha

xcdamon 发表于 2016-4-30 12:18
是这样 despite 是一个介词，介词后面跟一个完整的句子 是肯定错的 换句话说 后面不能跟实意动词，只能跟N  ...

层主，有一个小小疑问关于Q50 选项D，OG解释为The structure here is grammatically incoherent. 但这个很难判断诶，这句话里还有什么绝对错误吗？

奋斗的金融mmiao

一年后再看这道题。。。。。 所以其实despite 后跟 ving不是绝对错误，OG明确表示的是although＋ving是错的。

Airmare

xcdamon 发表于 2016-5-1 04:18
是这样 despite 是一个介词，介词后面跟一个完整的句子 是肯定错的 换句话说 后面不能跟实意动词，只能跟N  ...

谢谢！这题终于明白了！

AMBER513

xcdamon 发表于 2016-5-1 04:18
是这样 despite 是一个介词，介词后面跟一个完整的句子 是肯定错的 换句话说 后面不能跟实意动词，只能跟N  ...

同意！