OG11-verbal-59

michaelyun

59. 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

A  Those does not agree with vocal tract; relative clause is wordy and unnecessary．

B  Correct．In this concise sentence，the singular an ape's(vocal tract understood)agrees with a vocal tract．

请教NN们，对于定语从句修饰和分词结构修饰，有什么区别吗？ETS有什么偏好吗？好像有很多地方出现选择，但没有明确说哪个优于哪个，怎么判断呢？还是说两个都可以，看其他的考点？

chnp

定语从句修饰和分词结构修饰要根据具体句子具体分析，这个句子主要就是those没有可以指代的对象。根据我的经验，Gmac一般不会直接给你定语从句修饰和分词结构修饰两种情况让你选择，一般总有一个其他错误的。不过这里用了that从句就变成限定的了，使这个句子意思很奇怪。

michaelyun

也就是说这两种修饰本身不能作为判断对错的依据咯?

that从句修饰的确是限定性的，那分词修饰呢？等同于非限定性吗？

swimswan

分词修饰有一个作用是说这是a continuous action
我常看到OG中用动作已经完成，即非continuous来否定分词修饰