大全221,459题, 修饰,指代对象

BetterMan

大全221,459题, 修饰,指代对象

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问题：D中，后面的选项them为什么不可以说是就近修饰前面的hazardous substances？还是说them是分别指代主语的主语、宾语、其他结构中的名词 这样一个先后次序？

221. Consumers may not think of household cleaning products to be hazardous substances, but many of them can be harmful to health, especially if they are used improperly.
A.    Consumers may not think of household cleaning products to be
B.    Consumers may not think of household cleaning products being
C.    A consumer may not think of their household cleaning products being
D.    A consumer may not think of household cleaning products as
E.    Household cleaning products may not be thought of, by consumers, as
A correct sentence will follow the idiomatic form of expression to think ofX as Y. Only D, the best choice, uses as in the comparison. The infinitive to be in A and the participle being in B and C cannot grammatically and idiomatically connect those choices to the rest of the sentence. Moreover, in C the plural pronoun their does not agree with the singular noun referent, consumer. E is awkward and wordy in its use of the passive voice.

459/. Judge Bonham denied a motion to allow members of the jury to go home at the end of each day instead of to confine them to a hotel.
A.    to allow members of the jury to go home at the end of each day instead of to confine them to
B.    that would have allowed members of the jury to go home at the end of each day instead of confined to
C.    under which members of the jury are allowed to go home at the end of each day instead of confining them in
D.    that would allow members of the jury to go home at the end of each day rather than confinement in
E.    to allow members of the jury to go home at the end of each day rather than be confined to
In this sentence, members of the jury are presented with two options: they may (1) go home or (2) be confined to a hotel. The rejected motion would have allowed them to do the first rather than [to] suffer the second. Members of the jury must be the logical subject of both options, and both must be expressed in parallel form, that is, as infinitive clauses. E, the best choice, observes these requirements. In A and C, the phrase members of the jury is not the logical subject of the second option, to confine them or confining them, since jury members are not doing the confining. In B and D, confined and confinement are not infinitives and thus do not parallel to go in the first option.

问题1：。。denied a motion to allow。。 这个结构中，为什么不可以理解为 to allow是修饰 denied的，是表示denied的目的。
问题2：在A的表示结构中，如果先不考虑instead of的可行性，是否可以认为 a motion to allow members… instead of to confine them..也是一个平行结构? them 指代members. 意思是议案允许他们...,而不是限制他们..

gemj

221
看不懂你的意思啊！
but many of them 中的them 指代cleaning products。

BetterMan

以下是引用BetterMan在2003-11-7 18:14:00的发言：
大全221,459题, 修饰,指代对象

221. Consumers may not think of household cleaning products to be hazardous substances, but many of them can be harmful to health, especially if they are used improperly.
A. Consumers may not think of household cleaning products to be
B. Consumers may not think of household cleaning products being
C. A consumer may not think of their household cleaning products being
D. A consumer may not think of household cleaning products as
E. Household cleaning products may not be thought of, by consumers, as

我是想问这里的 them 为什么不是指代离它最近的 hazardous substances, 而是products?
正确答案完整如下:
A consumer may not think of household cleaning products as hazardous substances, but many of them can be harmful to health, especially if they are used improperly.

gemj

是根据意思来的，语法上没有“指代最近”的规则吧？为何必须要指代最近的？

BetterMan

谢谢啊. 我再找找别的例子看看. 自己再理解一下.

语法中有些错题就是因为 语法结构上不能唯一指代某个东西, (实际上根据意思我们是可以知道其指代对象的), 所以错.  改正的方法就是从逻辑到语法结构都保证唯一性.

我爱宝宝

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459/. Judge Bonham denied a motion to allow members of the jury to go home at the end of each day instead of to confine them to a hotel.
A. to allow members of the jury to go home at the end of each day instead of to confine them to
B. that would have allowed members of the jury to go home at the end of each day instead of confined to
C. under which members of the jury are allowed to go home at the end of each day instead of confining them in
D. that would allow members of the jury to go home at the end of each day rather than confinement in
E. to allow members of the jury to go home at the end of each day rather than be confined to
In this sentence, members of the jury are presented with two options: they may (1) go home or (2) be confined to a hotel. The rejected motion would have allowed them to do the first rather than [to] suffer the second. Members of the jury must be the logical subject of both options, and both must be expressed in parallel form, that is, as infinitive clauses. E, the best choice, observes these requirements. In A and C, the phrase members of the jury is not the logical subject of the second option, to confine them or confining them, since jury members are not doing the confining. In B and D, confined and confinement are not infinitives and thus do not parallel to go in the first option.

问题1：。。denied a motion to allow。。 这个结构中，为什么不可以理解为 to allow是修饰 denied的，是表示denied的目的。
问题2：在A的表示结构中，如果先不考虑instead of的可行性，是否可以认为 a motion to allow members… instead of to confine them..也是一个平行结构? them 指代members. 意思是议案允许他们...,而不是限制他们..

我也有同样的疑问，请牛牛指点。

mariezhu

Generally speaking, instead of should be followed by a noun or a gerund.

我爱宝宝

谢谢。以前总结过的考点，忘记了。

winsx2008

提问 这道题中a  think ....to be 用法是否正确  而且a中coumers为复数是否正确

suffisait

突然发现，我和LZ有同样的问题，459的A选项的instead of 解决了问题2，但是to allow 结构怎么理解哪？ 确实可以认为是denied的目的是allow XXX，虽然这样不符合实际情况。