急问一个语法问题！！

ambrosecelin

比如说一句句子，

........, .......sth1 in the sth2, which......

这是我自己随便举的例子，

我想问一下，这个which会不会引起歧义？

还是说which只能指代中心词sth1而不会引起歧义？

好像记得that之类的代词是只能指代中心词或主语的吧，但which呢？

谢谢！

[此贴子已经被作者于2008-3-29 19:42:23编辑过]

ambrosecelin

顶一下~

Colx

....students in the classroom, which...

which 修饰 classroom；students 不能用which修饰，应用 who 修饰， 没有歧义

感觉你的问题没表述清楚，最好有具体的例题，不要自己空想

ambrosecelin

我一下子找不到例子....

ambrosecelin

我把问题修改了一下，希望能表达清楚....

五月十三

以下是引用ambrosecelin在2008-3-29 10:33:00的发言：

比如说一句句子，

........, .......sth1 in the sth2, which......

这是我自己随便举的例子，

我想问一下，这个which会不会引起歧义？

还是说which只能指代中心词sth1而不会引起歧义？

好像记得that之类的代词是只能指代中心词或主语的吧，但which呢？

谢谢！

........, .......sth1 in the sth2, which......，结构中

which引导的是非限定性定语从句，语法上只修饰sth2。

因此，如果选项中有这种结构，但是逻辑上which引导的从句，使对sth1的修饰，那种选项就要立刻枪毙。

[此贴子已经被作者于2008-3-31 13:26:06编辑过]

ambrosecelin

恩，看了之后明白了好多呢~~~

谢谢五月十三NN~~~~

ambrosecelin

GWD1-Q2:

By merging its two publishing divisions, the company will increase their share of the country’s $21 billion book market from 6 percent to 10 percent, a market ranging from obscure textbooks to mass-market paperbacks.

 

 

 

A.      their share of the country’s $21 billion book market from 6 percent to 10 percent, a market ranging

B.       from 6 percent to 10 percent its share of the $21 billion book market in the country, which ranges

C.      to 10 percent from 6 percent in their share of the $21 billion book market in the country, a market ranging

D.      in its share, from 6 percent to 10 percent, of the $21 billion book market in the country, which ranges

E.       to 10 percent from 6 percent its share of the country’s $21 billion book market, which ranges

我找到一个例子，这题选B，但是B的which从意思上应该是修饰market的，可是它之前还有个country且在介词结构中，那按照NN所说的不是应该只能修饰country吗？

我找到一个例子，这题选B，但是B的which从意思上应该是修饰market的，可是它之前还有个country且在介词结构中，那按照NN所说的不是应该只能修饰country吗？

[此贴子已经被作者于2008-3-31 15:39:39编辑过]

五月十三

以下是引用ambrosecelin在2008-3-31 9:45:00的发言：

GWD1-Q2:

By merging its two publishing divisions, the company will increase their share of the country’s $21 billion book market from 6 percent to 10 percent, a market ranging from obscure textbooks to mass-market paperbacks. 

A.      their share of the country’s $21 billion book market from 6 percent to 10 percent, a market ranging

B.       from 6 percent to 10 percent its share of the $21 billion book market in the country, which ranges

C.      to 10 percent from 6 percent in their share of the $21 billion book market in the country, a market ranging

D.      in its share, from 6 percent to 10 percent, of the $21 billion book market in the country, which ranges

E.       to 10 percent from 6 percent its share of the country’s $21 billion book market, which ranges

我找到一个例子，这题选B，但是B的which从意思上应该是修饰market的，可是它之前还有个country且在介词结构中，那按照NN所说的不是应该只能修饰country吗？

我找到一个例子，这题选B，但是B的which从意思上应该是修饰market的，可是它之前还有个country且在介词结构中，那按照NN所说的不是应该只能修饰country吗？

我找到一个例子，这题选B，但是B的which从意思上应该是修饰market的，可是它之前还有个country且在介词结构中，那按照NN所说的不是应该只能修饰country吗？

 

我再去查查资料，谢谢你！

AlienX

I am not a NN.
Here is what I think: when you think that "which" is *possibly* ambiguous in a choice, don't eliminate that choice soley because of such possible ambiguity.  You might want to eliminate choices with some obvious errors.
For instance, A and C are incorrect because "their" doesn't match with "company".
Assuming that "which"s in B, and D are ambiguous, we can eliminate D since B is more concise.
Then, we have to choose between B and E.  I believe that "increase from X to Y" is the correct idiom, so B remains.
I understand that your question is how to determine whether "which" is ambiguous; but I think that it is hard to tell since we are not native speakers.  Hence, I will go through POE instead.