OG11-108 "undergo" and "whether or not "用法

清清小蚂蚁

OG11-108
    

. The first decision for most tenants living in a building undergoing being converted to cooperative ownership is if to sign a no-buy pledge with the other tenants.
                

(A)
                    being converted to cooperative ownership is if to sign

(B) being converted to cooperative ownership is whether they should be signing
                

(C) being converted to cooperative ownership is whether or not they sign
                

(D) conversion to cooperative ownership is if to sign

(E) conversion to cooperative ownership is whether to sign
                

Diction + Idiom

下面是OG11的解释

This sentence fails because of poor word choice: undergoing being converted is as redundant as it is awkward. The process of being converted does not need to be shown since undergoing already contains the idea of process. To complete the sentence grammatically, undergoing should be followed by the noun conversion rather than the phrase being converted. When only two alternatives are possible, to sign or not to sign, whether (or whether or not) is properly used rather than if

有2个问题：：：：：：：：：：：：：：：：：

1）The process of being converted does not need to be shown since undergoing already contains the idea of process.

是不是说只要有undergo就包含了一个动作的过程，所以不需要用被动式being converted 呢？

2）Cwhether or not选项的是不是正确的？？ or not不需要省略也是正确的？？？

hgconnie

1.undergoing ＋being converted ,两个在一起是重复的。而且ETS一般不喜欢被动式。

2.whether or not 在中国的语法书上不错，但是or not 一般可以省略，比较简洁。多看CNN有帮助看到地道的说法。呵呵

清清小蚂蚁

感谢，真是迅速。

以下是引用hgconnie在2006-9-6 13:59:00的发言：

1.undergoing ＋being converted ,两个在一起是重复的。而且ETS一般不喜欢被动式。

同意。记得了。

2.whether or not 在中国的语法书上不错，但是or not 一般可以省略，比较简洁。多看CNN有帮助看到地道的说法。呵呵

在OG的解释里出现过几次 or whether or not 所以疑惑，不过没有遇到正确答案里有OR NOT的，那么就记住这个简洁吧