prep1-70

mjiehu

their -> chimps

they -> other animals

被动，study的对象是animal，不是pattern，没有指代问题

smartsky11

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cuishang11

其实prep里they、their和them指代不一致，但仍视为正确已经不止这一道了  见prep1-37  

还是要把握语法题中“选最好的而不是选正确的”这个原则

leeron

比如37吧，One report concludes that many schools do not have, nor are they likely to have, enough computers to use them effectively.

个人觉得有复数名词隔开了代词，所以不存在指代不清楚的。不是一个句子中出现的所有they, their都要一致，关键看直接有没有相应名词分隔。

leeron

包括前面出现的这些例子都是：


            
            
                
            
            
                
            
            
                
            
            
                

they                         與their 指代不一致的句子

Since   1986, when the Department of Labor began to allow fees of investment                             officers   to be based on the performance of the funds they   manage,                             several corporations have begun paying their investment advisers a small basic fee, with a   contract promising higher fees if the managers perform well.

In an   effort to reduce their inventories,                             Italian vintners   have cut prices; their   wines are priced to sell, and they                             do.                                                   * they 指wines

It is unclear whether                             chimpanzees are   unique among nonhuman species in their                             ability to learn behaviors from one another, or whether   other animals would exhibit similar patterns   if they were studied in as much depth.                      *   in depth

Almost   like clones in their similarity to one   another, members of the cheetah species are especially

lijiahui0422

以前的问题还是没人解答啊...E里面的they 有指代的歧义吧 animals 还是patterns呢？ 我觉得都说得通

vivian0331

11楼的解答很正确啊：

their -> chimps

they -> other animals

被动，study的对象是animal，不是pattern，没有指代问题

lijiahui0422

其实这个they逻辑上是有歧义的，因为修饰哪个都能说得通，但是形式上应该不存在，很受8楼同学的启发

kykosd

同问，，，顶一顶，，，拜托nn来帮帮忙

kykosd

以下是引用lijiahui0422在2008/11/18 20:49:00的发言：

E里面的they 有指代的歧义吧 animals 还是patterns呢？ 我觉得都说得通

请同学们指点

对，知道their和这个they是 不矛盾的，

关键想问，后半句中they前面又animals和patterns都可以指代，存在歧义！