og167. Neanderthals had a vocal tract that resembled those of the apes and so were probably without language, a shortcoming that may explain why they were supplanted by our own species.
(A) Neanderthals had a vocal tract that resembled those of the apes
(B) Neanderthals had a vocal tract resembling an ape's
(C) The vocal tracts of Neanderthals resembled an ape's
(D) The Neanderthal's vocal tracts resembled the apes’
(E) The vocal tracts of the Neanderthals resembled those of the apes
The sentence requires a subject appropriate to both members of a compound predicate, the second member being and so were probably without language. B, the best choice, logically uses Neanderthals as the subject. Choice A also uses this subject, but the plural pronoun those does not agree with its singular antecedent, a vocal tract. C, D, and E present the inappropriate subject vocal tracts, which cannot logically govern the second member of the predicate (i.e., vocal tracts cannot be said to be without language). Moreover, it is better to use the singular in referring to an anatomical feature common to an entire species; C, D, and E use the plural vocal tracts. D compounds the problem by giving multiple vocal tracts to one
三个问题,我在以前的讨论中没有查到,可能NN们都不认为这是个问题
1. B的解释看懂了,但是为什么用 resembling, resembled有什么错误?
2. D的解释看不懂, 为什么说是compounds the problem by giving multiple vocal tracts to one
3. 解释的第一句The sentence requires a subject appropriate to both members of a compound predicate, the second member being and so were probably without language.能够详细跟我说说吗??
请NN们帮助指导一下,谢谢.
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