OG 141 题目有误，限定从句

atasl

对这道题我不解的就在于此。ets明明说C中：“a nonrestrictive clause beginning with who to describe the characteristic attributed to all identical twins.” 可在C中的“who have..." 之前根本没逗号，没逗号能叫”nonrestrictive clause”吗？是不是印刷错误？

bluestone1

同样的疑问。 ETS 真糙蛋，怎么说都行。

另我总结：
句首 用 except for ; aside from; 和一些介词短语如 on the basis of 引导的名词不需要与主句主语对等；
而 Besides; other than; like; unlike 则必须对等

请批评指正

tianwan

为什么ETS的解释说选项C的who引导的从句是非限制性的？ who前面没有逗号啊。谁能解释atasl的问题？

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flora_wang

以下是引用atasl在2003-12-11 17:22:00的发言：
对这道题我不解的就在于此。ets明明说C中：“a    nonrestrictive    clause    beginning    with    who    to    describe    the    characteristic    attributed    to    all    identical    twins.”    可在C中的“who    have..."    之前根本没逗号，没逗号能叫”nonrestrictive    clause”吗？是不是印刷错误？

记得有个帖子讲过这个问题. 好像ets说的nonrestrictive/ restrictive和我们语法老师曾经讲的不是一个意思. 好像ets是从意思上头来区分的, 不光是从形式上的有没有逗号.但是这个倒是符合我们的认识.....真是在ets的语法哩变态了.....看看这个:

234. The physical structure of the human eye enables it to sense light of wavelengths up to 0.0005 millimeters; infrared radiation, however, is invisible because its wavelength—0.1 millimeters—is too long to be registered by the eye.

(A) infrared radiation, however, is invisible because its wavelength—0.1 millimeters—is too long to be registered by the eye

(B) however, the wavelength of infrared radiation—0.1 millimeters—is too long to be registered by the eye making it invisible

(C) infrared radiation, however, is invisible because its wavelength—0.1 millimeters—is too long for the eye to register it

(D) however, because the wavelength of infrared radiation is 0.1 millimeters, it is too long for the eye to register and thus invisible

(E) however, infrared radiation has a wavelength of 0.1 millimeters that is too long for the eye to register, thus making it invisible


Choice A, the best answer, is clear, idiomatic, and grammatically correct. In B, the misplaced participial phrase making it invisible modifies eye rather than wavelength, thus producing a confusing statement that distorts the meaning. In C, D, and E the use of the second it is so imprecise as to be confusing. Furthermore, in D, and thus invisible incorrectly modifies wavelength rather than infrared radiation. Choice E produces an illogical statement by using a restrictive clause introduced by that where a comma followed by the nonrestrictive “which” is required: a wavelength of 0.1 millimeters that is too long nonsensically suggests that not all wavelengths of 0.1 millimeters are too long for the eye to register.

LES

141. Unlike transplants between identical twins, whose genetic endowment is the same, all patients receiving hearts or other organs must take antirejection drugs for the rest of their lives.

(A) Unlike transplants between identical twins, whose genetic endowment is the same

(B) Besides transplants involving identical twins with the same genetic endowment

(C) Unless the transplant involves identical twins who have the same genetic endowment

(D) Aside from a transplant between identical twins with the same genetic endowment

(E) Other than transplants between identical twins, whose genetic endowment is the same

以下是引用atasl在2003-12-11 17:22:00的发言：
对这道题我不解的就在于此。ets明明说C中：“a    nonrestrictive    clause    beginning    with    who    to    describe    the    characteristic    attributed    to    all    identical    twins.”    可在C中的“who    have..."    之前根本没逗号，没逗号能叫”nonrestrictive    clause”吗？是不是印刷错误？

以下是引用flora_wang在2004-2-23 8:13:00的发言：

记得有个帖子讲过这个问题. 好像ets说的nonrestrictive/ restrictive和我们语法老师曾经讲的不是一个意思. 好像ets是从意思上头来区分的, 不光是从形式上的有没有逗号.但是这个倒是符合我们的认识.....真是在ets的语法哩变态了.....看看这个:

234. The physical structure of the human eye enables it to sense light of wavelengths up to 0.0005 millimeters; infrared radiation, however, is invisible because its wavelength—0.1 millimeters—is too long to be registered by the eye.
(A) infrared radiation, however, is invisible because its wavelength—0.1 millimeters—is too long to be registered by the eye
(B) however, the wavelength of infrared radiation—0.1 millimeters—is too long to be registered by the eye making it invisible
(C) infrared radiation, however, is invisible because its wavelength—0.1 millimeters—is too long for the eye to register it
(D) however, because the wavelength of infrared radiation is 0.1 millimeters, it is too long for the eye to register and thus invisible
(E) however, infrared radiation has a wavelength of 0.1 millimeters that is too long for the eye to register, thus making it invisible

Choice A, the best answer, is clear, idiomatic, and grammatically correct. In B, the misplaced participial phrase making it invisible modifies eye rather than wavelength, thus producing a confusing statement that distorts the meaning. In C, D, and E the use of the second it is so imprecise as to be confusing. Furthermore, in D, and thus invisible incorrectly modifies wavelength rather than infrared radiation. Choice E produces an illogical statement by using a restrictive clause introduced by that where a comma followed by the nonrestrictive “which” is required: a wavelength of 0.1 millimeters that is too long nonsensically suggests that not all wavelengths of 0.1 millimeters are too long for the eye to register.

求助NN，ETS对限制性定语从句和非限制性定语从句到底是怎么定义的！！！谢谢！

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jnlvo

我想还是从逗号来区分限定和非限定比较简单。ETS的“自相矛盾”搞不懂的就先不去管它。


Unless the transplant involves identical twins


    who have the same genetic endowment


我认为who前可能是少了个逗号，从印刷的排版位置上看，这种可能性是存在的。

JerryGuan

以下是引用atasl在2003-12-11 17:22:00的发言：
对这道题我不解的就在于此。ets明明说C中：“a nonrestrictive clause beginning with who to describe the characteristic attributed to all identical twins.” 可在C中的“who have..." 之前根本没逗号，没逗号能叫”nonrestrictive clause”吗？是不是印刷错误？

我确认是印刷错误！

LES

Typo, confirmed by ETS!

Thank you for your inquiry regarding two Sentence Correction questions and
their explanations in The Official Guide for GMAT Review.

My colleagues and I have examined the questions and their explanations in
light of your inquiry, and we have determined that your confusion is
entirely justified:  there is a printing error in question 141, option C.
Nonrestrictive clauses should indeed be set off by parenthetical commas, and
there should therefore be a comma after "twins" in option C. We appreciate
your calling this error to our attention, and we will revise the question
for future editions of the Guide.

Thank you very much for taking the time to share your concern with us. We
are always grateful to receive inquiries such as yours because they help us
to improve the quality of our tests and test preparation materials.

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mariezhu

哗，太棒了，MM真执着！向你致敬！

tianwan

能和ETS联系。佩服!!