[求助]OG-SC-31, two questions?

listensnow_xk

OG-SC-31

31. Unlike computer skills or other technical skills, there is a disinclination on the part of many people to recognize the degree to which their analytical skills are weak.
(A) Unlike computer skills or other technical skills, there is a disinclination on the part of many people to recognize the degree to which their analytical skills are weak.
(B) Unlike computer skills or other technical skills, which they admit they lack, many people are disinclined to recognize that their analytical skills are weak.
(C) Unlike computer skills or other technical skills, analytical skills bring out a disinclination in many people to recognize that they are weak to a degree.
(D) Many people, willing to admit that they lack computer skills or other technical skills, are disinclined to recognize that their analytical skills are weak.
(E) Many people have a disinclination to recognize the weakness of their analytical skills while willing to admit their lack of computer skills or other technical skills.

Explanation:

Choice D is best. Choice A illogically compares skills to a disinclination; choice B compares skills to many people. Choice C makes the comparison logical by casting analytical skills as the subject of the sentence, but it is awkward and unidiomatic to say skills bring out a disinclination. Also in C, the referent of
they is unclear, and weak to a degree changes the meaning of the original statement. In E, have a disinclination... while willing is grammatically incomplete, and admit their lack should be admit to their lack. By making people the subject of the sen-tence, D best expresses the intended contrast, which pertains not so much to skills as to people's willingness to recognize different areas of weakness.

My Question is,

1) Why "In E, have a disinclination... while willing is grammatically incomplete"?
2) Why "admit their lack should be admit to their lack"? I check the dictionary that both "admit" and "admit to" mean "acknowledge, confess". What is the difference between "admit" and "admit to"

sbbi

I have the same quesiton as 1). is it valid to say "while willing"?

For 2), "admit" as vt can only be used as "admit that".

nina23

I have same question

merlion

sb. V1 ... while +V2-ing 到是有的, 表同一主语施动。

OG 233. Recently implemented "shift-work equations" based on studies of the human sleep cycle have reduced sickness, sleeping on the job, fatigue among shift workers, and have raised production efficiency in various industries.
(A)    fatigue among shift workers, and have raised
(B)    fatigue among shift workers, and raised
(C)    and fatigue among shift workers while raising
(D)    lowered fatigue among shift workers, and raised
(E)    and fatigue among shift workers was lowered while raising

The best answer, C, grammatically states that the equations... have reduced x, y, and i. and have raised efficiency.

至于 while+adj.， 不记得有，不知谁能举个例子。

天山

178. In the last few years, the number of convicted criminals given community service sentences. which allow the criminals to remain unconfined while they perform specific jobs benefiting the public, have risen dramatically.
(A)    sentences, which allow the criminals to remain unconfined while they perform specific jobs benefiting the public, have
(B)    sentences, performing specific jobs that benefit the public while being allowed to remain unconfined, have
(C)    sentences, performing specific jobs beneficial to the public while they are allowed to remain unconfined, have
(D)    sentences which allow them to remain unconfined in their performing of specific jobs beneficial to the public has
(E)    sentences allowing them to remain unconfined while performing specific jobs that benefit the public has

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felix2816

"while doing" is correct usage. but the problem of " E" in OG31 is the changed meaning of the original sentence, which is not "admit the weakness of their analytical skills" , but  "admit that their analytical skills is weak".
hope my explanation can do some help.

merlion

E用的是 while doing ？the complete expression should be  "they are willing to admit ...", not "they will to admit ...". i think "willing" here is adj, not will+ing.

felix2816

merion,u didn't get my meaning. see LZM(T2-9), getting the whole.

merlion

of course i understand your explanation. you made it clear. thx

remeo

以下是引用listensnow_xk在2003-10-6 21:10:00的发言：
OG-SC-31

31. Unlike computer skills or other technical skills, there is a disinclination on the part of many people to recognize the degree to which their analytical skills are weak.
(A) Unlike computer skills or other technical skills, there is a disinclination on the part of many people to recognize the degree to which their analytical skills are weak.
(B) Unlike computer skills or other technical skills, which they admit they lack, many people are disinclined to recognize that their analytical skills are weak.
(C) Unlike computer skills or other technical skills, analytical skills bring out a disinclination in many people to recognize that they are weak to a degree.
(D) Many people, willing to admit that they lack computer skills or other technical skills, are disinclined to recognize that their analytical skills are weak.
(E) Many people have a disinclination to recognize the weakness of their analytical skills while willing to admit their lack of computer skills or other technical skills.

Explanation:

Choice D is best. Choice A illogically compares skills to a disinclination; choice B compares skills to many people. Choice C makes the comparison logical by casting analytical skills as the subject of the sentence, but it is awkward and unidiomatic to say skills bring out a disinclination. Also in C, the referent of
  they is unclear, and weak to a degree changes the meaning of the original statement. In E, have a disinclination... while willing is grammatically incomplete, and admit their lack should be admit to their lack. By making people the subject of the sen-tence, D best expresses the intended contrast, which pertains not so much to skills as to people's willingness to recognize different areas of weakness.

My Question is,

1) Why "In E, have a disinclination... while willing is grammatically incomplete"?
2) Why "admit their lack should be admit to their lack"? I check the dictionary that both "admit" and "admit to" mean "acknowledge, confess". What is the difference between "admit" and "admit to"

我来试着回答一下你的问题：
首先回答第二个问题，关于admit的习惯用法应该是admit that+宾语从句 和 admit to sth
比如说下面这个句子：

The decision by one of the nation’s largest banks to admit to $3 billion in potential losses on foreign loans could mean less lending by commercial banks to developing countries and increasing the pressure on multigovernment lenders to supply the funds.
(A) increasing the pressure
(B) the increasing pressure
(C) increased pressure
(D) the pressure increased
(E) the pressure increasing

然后我来解释一下第一个问题，说实话，我也不是很明白为什么说while willing is unidiomatic，不少句型中用的就是这种表达，上面几位的例子正是如此。
但其实E的最大错误在于effectiveness的表达上面。
(D) Many people, willing to admit that they lack computer skills or other technical skills, are disinclined to recognize that their analytical skills are weak.
(E) Many people have a disinclination to recognize the weakness of their analytical skills while willing to admit their lack of computer skills or other technical skills.
E排除admit to错误的话，在表达上面显然不如D的宾语从句那么清楚，这2者之间的差别真的需要好好体会，很多句型中都是这样，有一个比较经验性的判断就是往往2个选项中一个用的是一个看似简单的动词短语搭配带着一长串的名词，就是属于awkward和effectiveless的表达，应该用另一个——动词的宾语从句。当然这个判断纯属我自己做题中摸索的经验，斟酌使用！