OG 18 SC 新题743 反身代词求教

zoe_qian

To attract the most talented workers, some companies are offering a wider range of benefits, letting employees pick those most important to them.

(A) benefits, letting employees pick those most important to them
(B) benefits, letting employees pick the most important of them to themselves
(C) benefits and letting employees pick the most important to themselves
(D) benefits and let employees pick the most important to them
(E) benefits and let employees pick those that are most important to themselves

第一个问题是：A中用ing表补充和C中and平行哪个更符合逻辑？
第二个问题是：请问C中的反身代词themselves的正确用法是什么？

OG中的解释为：
C The pronoun themselves is used incorrectly,
and its intended function is unclear.
Normally, themselves would be either
reflexive or emphatic, but in this case it
cannot reasonably be taken in either of
those ways. This nonstandard use of the
pronoun makes it unclear whether to
themselves is supposed to modify pick or most
important of them.

GAMTCLUB中tutor的解释为：
"Themselves" is a reflexive pronoun. Correct uses of reflexive pronouns:

Mike was proud of himself when he successfully surfed a 25-foot wave.
Bogdan and Souvik admired themselves in the mirror after crushing the GMAT.

But I don't think we can justify using "themselves" in the original sentence. Employees can pick the benefits that are most important to them -- but there's no need for the reflexive "themselves." (And for whatever it's worth: I can't think of another official GMAT question that draws any sort of distinction between reflexive and non-reflexive pronouns.)
（传送门：https://gmatclub.com/forum/to-attract-the-most-talented-workers-some-companies-are-offering-a-wi-241811.html）

请大神们不吝赐教！感恩！

zoe_qian

忘记说了，答案为A

ritsusong

关于反身代词的用法，Manhattan SC里面有两点（大概是Manhattan吧不然就是RON说的哈哈）。
1/ 反身代词作为宾语使用直接指向主语
2/ 反身代词同时有强调作用
这一题中个人觉得letting表示解释说明更清晰，因为pick the most important to themselves属于benefit的具体内容。C选项themselves就是明确指主句的主语companies，然而语义上应该是employees。

RichardVeritas

上面说的反身代词有强调的作用。从逻辑上来说，这句子里没有用反身代词的必要，因为Benefits就是给员工的，没有别的主体需要用反身代词来加以区别强调。如果表达句意不需要，用上就多余了。

ai559031

我個人認為A的結構比C更好
因為讓員工選擇對他們更有利的這件事是在闡述“offering a wider range of benefits”
所以用句尾ving做闡述說明會好過用and letting的結構
如果用and letting...代表在講兩件獨立的事情
但是從句意上來看這兩句話是有關聯的

另外若是語意不好判斷
也可用themselves來解題
樓上應該已經把反身代名詞講的很清楚,就不贅述了

zoe_qian

ai559031 发表于 2017-9-3 20:05
我個人認為A的結構比C更好
因為讓員工選擇對他們更有利的這件事是在闡述“offering a wider range of benef ...

啊！对的，我又忘记and是连接两件不同事情的了，谢谢！明白啦！

zoe_qian

ritsusong 发表于 2017-9-3 11:08
关于反身代词的用法，Manhattan SC里面有两点（大概是Manhattan吧不然就是RON说的哈哈）。
1/ 反身代词作为 ...

谢谢！明白啦！

liebenana

求大神解答这题的D选项，我的想法是and 连接 are 和 let 但og解释是时态不平行 A中的comma+ing 表一种逻辑关系吗？

JuliaC2017

感谢分享！               

F1nn

感谢分享！