请问 og－60（大全36） 关于同一句话中的代词指代问题

kathy8446

og 60 (大全36) 关于同一句话中的代词指代

60. According to a recent poll, owning and living in a freestanding house on its own land is still a goal of a majority of young adults, like that of earlier generations.>>

(A)             like that of earlier generations>>

(B)             as that for earlier generations>>

(C)             just as earlier generations did>>

(D)             as have earlier generations >>

(E)             as it was of earlier generations

The intended comparison should be completed by a clause beginning with as and containing a subject and verb that correspond to the subject and verb of the main clause. In E, the best choice, it refers unambiguously to the phrasal subject owning ... land, the verb was corresponds to is, and today's young adults are appropriately compared to earlier genera­tions. Choices A and B lack a verb corresponding to is and a clear referent for that. Choices C and D are confusing and illogical because their verbs, did and have, cannot substitute for is in the main clause.

有点理解之前的讨论帖中说的文章是比较前面的整句话，所以用like不好。但是，依照菜鸟总结里的解释，原文中its指代majority(个人也同意). 但是OG又说E中的it指代owning and living in a freestanding house on its own land. 这样不是犯了“一个句子中同一个代词不能指代两个不同东西”的错误？

kathy8446

up下，没有大侠指教嘛、、、

harlequin

我也有同样的疑问，看了一下好像没有人问过。

frozenrain

as 作「相像」意思用的时候，比较的两边要有一样的主 谓语结构 (OG上有写)

本题前句由 is 作分界：

owning and living in a freestanding house on its own land is still a goal of a

                         S                                         +                         V          +      O

majority of young adults,

                                             

as it was ( a goal ) of earlier generations

    S   V                        O

如果 it 是代 majority 的话，主从句的结构就不一致 ( VO : SVO 结构)

[此贴子已经被作者于2005-12-16 23:24:37编辑过]

kathy8446

可能我没说清楚，我指的是owning and living in a freestanding house on its own land里这个its和正确选项E中的it指代不同

这样不是犯了“一个句子中同一个代词不能指代两个不同东西”的错误？

rockmax

以下是引用kathy8446在2006-8-14 18:35:00的发言：

可能我没说清楚，我指的是owning and living in a freestanding house on its own land里这个its和正确选项E中的it指代不同

这样不是犯了“一个句子中同一个代词不能指代两个不同东西”的错误？

ding

the same question

tonyyuan

mark，that指代不清

dreamspy

困惑啊，难道同句中it可以指代两个不同概念？

overthere33

真能钻牛角

owning and living in a freestanding house on its own land 这整个一件事 用it指代

DeliciaAn

今天做到这个题目了。回顾一下觉得a选项不是like不like的问题，而是that指代不全的问题。
因为比较的对象是...land is still a goal.如果用that of。。。。that指的是整个句子？还是land还是a goal, 这就比较混乱了。如果用E 的表达： as it was of。。。。。这里的it是。。。land,因为此时使用了as连接，就是个主语+be的平行结构。