关于代词歧义问题 三道GWD分析

KittyNewGT

今天讨论题目的时候，碰到几个答案有代词指代的。我对代词指代挺小心的，但是还是有些不是特别明白。比如下面的题，前两道跟我讨论的人讲应该从意思角度分析就没有歧义了。最后一道是我自己想出了一些形式上的特点理解了答案为什么没有歧义。请大家指正～

GWD 12

Q19:

Heavy commitment by an executive to a course of action, especially if it has worked well in the past, makes it likely to miss signs of incipient trouble or misinterpret them when they do appear.

 

 

1. Heavy commitment by an executive to a course of action, especially if it has worked well in the past, makes it likely to miss signs of incipient trouble or misinterpret them when they do appear.
2. An executive who is heavily committed to a course of action, especially one that worked well in the past, makes missing signs of incipient trouble or misinterpreting ones likely when they do appear.
3. An executive who is heavily committed to a course of action is likely to miss or misinterpret signs of incipient trouble when they do appear, especially if it has worked well in the past.
         (It 指代没有问题吗？)
4. Executives’ being heavily committed to a course of action, especially if it has worked well in the past, makes them likely to miss signs of incipient trouble or misinterpreting them when they do appear.
5. Being heavily committed to a course of action, especially one that has worked well in the past, is likely to make an executive miss signs of incipient trouble or misinterpret them when they do appear.

   Answer: C ??

 

 

GWD 13 Q41:

In ancient Thailand, much of the local artisans’ creative energy was expended for the creation of Buddha images and when they constructed and decorated the temples that enshrined them. B

 

 

1. much of the local artisans’ creative energy was expended for the creation of Buddha images and when they constructed and decorated  the temples that enshrined them
2. much of the local artisans’ creative energy was expended on the creation of Buddha images and on construction and decoration of the temples in which they were enshrined  (? they 指代问题)

3. much of the local artisans’ creative energy was expended on the creation of Buddha images as well as constructing and decoration of the temples in which they were enshrined
4. creating images of Buddha accounted for much of the local artisans’ creative energy, and also constructing and decorating the temples enshrining them
5. the creating of Buddha images accounted for much of  the local artisans’ creative energy as well as construction and decoration of the temples that enshrined them

GWD-11-Q28:
In an effort to reduce the number of fires started by cigarettes, a major tobacco company is test-marketing a cigarette in which thin layers of extra paper are used to decrease the amount of oxygen entering the cigarette, thereby slowing the rate at which it burns and lowering the heat it generates. A

A. in which thin layers of extra paper are used to decrease the amount of oxygen entering the cigarette, thereby slowing

B. in which they use thin layers of extra paper in decreasing the amount of oxygen entering the cigarette, which slows
C. that uses thin layers of extra paper to decrease the amount of oxygen when it enters the cigarette, thereby slowing
D. for which thin layers of extra paper are used to decrease the amount of oxygen that enters the cigarette, and thereby slowing
E. using thin layers of extra paper in decreasing the amount of oxygen entering the cigarette, which slows

it 虽然不是划线部分的，但是也应该考虑选项令它没有歧义。

A应该使得it 没有歧义。我的理解是：it 指代cigarette，因为the amount of oxygen entering the cigarette与slowing the rate at which it ...是伴随关系，slowing的主语是entering的主语，slowing的宾语跟entering的宾语一直，结构上并列，可以用it指代不再重复cigarette
请大家指正

[此贴子已经被作者于2006-10-29 2:51:00编辑过]

FlowerJay

这三道题真难啊。。。俺来献丑一下子。

Q19,A的意思不清楚。commitment makes 什么？意思上说是那个executive会miss，但是A的主干里面没有executive，也就是说 to do 得使动者不明确。这个是OG里面的大忌。 C的it我觉得可以.XDF说的就近指代太绝对了。一般来说只要同一个句子不要出现太多的代词指代不同的东西就不能算是correctiveness的错误。

FlowerJay

41题，其他的选项毛病都太大了。A run-on, C,D平行。E 不能说creating accounts for construction.

28题，同样其他选项有WT。 B, they用得不好。which比较完蛋。C,里面的it指代氧气，可是后面的it纸带cigarette.这个比较乱。而且cigarette uses这么说别扭。D, run-on。 E,which完蛋了。

NN能给俺的分析提点意见么

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同意楼上的　顶