885 SEC D-2/yet

sbbi

2.    As the housing affordability gap widens, middle-income families are especially hard-hit, and these families can no longer qualify to buy homes, and rising rental rates force them to use far more than the standard 25 percent of their incomes for housing, leaving them with no equity or tax write-offs to offset the expenditures.
(A) and these families can no longer qualify to buy homes, and
(B) since these families can no longer afford to buy homes, furthermore
(C) for these families can no longer afford to buy homes, yet
(D) and these families can no longer afford to buy homes, yet
(E) and these families can no longer afford to buy homes, for

ANSWER C.这里yet是连词.
但我觉得这里没转折的意思呀?

[此贴子已经被作者于2003-10-15 1:34:49编辑过]

givemeahome

这里，yet做对比：一方面these families can no longer afford to buy homes；另一方面：rising rental rates force them to use far more than the standard 25 percent of their incomes for housing。
屋漏偏逢连夜雨。

gemj

Yet作连词的确只有一层转折的意思（查了N本词典）。我查了很多的“, yet”的结构，YET一律是作为转折讲。

这个题目中YET确实不好，因为没有明确的转折关系。但是不是可以勉强这么理解：
随着房价升高,中产阶级受的影响最大, 因为他们不再能付得起了。然而，租房也令他们难受.（force them to …）

我查了一下我的做题记录，我错了N次，为她流过眼泪，为她伤透了心。

BTW，这个题目的D选项与原稿不符，应该是：
(D) and these families can no longer afford to buy homes; however,

ryan

B 为什么错?  好像从意思上说的过去.  是否since 和 futhermore 都只能放句首？ thanks

miejue

gemj  我认为这里C的答案不正确

for所有的用法中都是作为介词 介词后面是不可以跟句子的 这里要用for也应该是for these families's no longer afford to buy homes. 表示原因连接句子的都要是连词 如since as because 等

是不是B答案中furthermore后面漏了一个逗号？ 如果有逗号 我认为B答案更好。

请讨论

gemj

我查了原稿，确信没有少什么。
如果真是有逗号，也不对呀，典型的RUN－ON句型。

B错是因为futhermore 是副词，不能连结句子。前人问过N次。

miejue

我也是同意furthermore不能连接句子的啊 只是确认下后面如果有逗号的话 可以选B。 既然没有 B是错的 但C呢？ 介词同样不能连接句子的啊？

gemj

你怎么大智若愚了呢？FOR有连词词性啊？太常见了。
FOR：
used to introduce the reason for something
synonym because
I cannot tell whether she is old or young, for I have never seen her.
He found it increasingly difficult to read, for his eyesight was beginning to fail.

miejue

对不起 给您添麻烦了！ 我已经醒悟了！ 刚才我钻到了for表示because of的牛角尖里去了：（

^_^ 看来今天状态不行 做大全25个我竟然错了12个！

救命！ 啊～～～

gemj

没关系，你再把你女朋友抱一下进入状态了。
好浪漫啊！！！