[E]OG-129，请指点！

excellent

129. In an effort to reduce their inventories, Italian vintners have cut prices; their wines have been priced to sell, and they are.
A.have been priced to sell, and they are
B.are priced to sell, and they have
C.are priced to sell, and they do
D.are being priced to sell, and have
E.had been priced to sell, and they have

请问their wines are priced to sell, and they do.它想说明什么？它这样说的目的是什么？

Snazzy

Italian vintners priced their wines in order to cell them out.  = their wines are priced to sell(passive voice)
and they(their wines) do (cell)---> same subject as the one in passive voice

excellent

Snazzy，谢谢！懂了！

halcyon

以下是引用excellent在2004-1-21 18:13:00的发言：
129. In an effort to reduce their inventories, Italian vintners have cut prices; their wines have been priced to sell, and they are.
A.have been priced to sell, and they are
B.are priced to sell, and they have
C.are priced to sell, and they do
D.are being priced to sell, and have
E.had been priced to sell, and they have

请问their wines are priced to sell, and they do.它想说明什么？它这样说的目的是什么？

我认为 they 指代 Italian vintners.

og 中 明显要求 相同的代词及其相应的物主代词指代相应的指代对象。
如：

83.    Any medical test will sometimes fail to detect a condition when it is present and indicate that there is one when it is not.
(A) a condition when it is present and indicate that there is one
(B) when a condition is present and indicate that there is one
(C) a condition when it is present and indicate that it is present
(D) when a condition is present and indicate its presence
(E) the presence of a condition when it is there and indicate its presence
Only choice C, the best answer, produces a sentence in which every pronoun it refers clearly and logically to the noun condition. In choices A and B, the phrase indicate that there is one does not grammatically fit with when it is not because it has no referent. Choices B and D are imprecise in saying that a test will fail to detect when a condition is present, since the issue is the presence and not the timing of the condition. Further, its presence in D leaves the it in when it is not without a logical referent: it must refer to condition, not presence. Choice E repeats this error; also, the presence... when it is there is imprecise and redundant.

130.    In a 5-to-4 decision, the Supreme Court ruled that two upstate New York counties owed restitution to three tribes of Oneida Indians for the unlawful seizure of their ancestral lands in the eighteenth century.
(A) that two upstate New York counties owed restitution to three tribes of Oneida Indians for the unlawful seizure of
(B) that two upstate New York counties owed restitution to three tribes of Oneida Indians because of their unlawful seizure of
(C) two upstate New York counties to owe restitution to three tribes of Oneida Indians for their unlawful seizure of
(D) on two upstate New York counties that owed restitution to three tribes of Oneida Indians because they unlawfully seized
(E) on the restitution that two upstate New York counties owed to three tribes of Oneida Indians for the unlawful seizure of
Choice A, the best answer, uses that appropriately to introduce a clause that describes the Supreme Court’s ruling; A also employs the idiomatic phrase restitution... for. In choice B, restitution... because of is not idiomatic. The plural pronouns their in B and C and they in D are confusing as references to counties, especially since their refers to the Oneida in the phrase their ancestral lands. Choices C, D, and E each fail to use that to introduce the clause that explains the Court’s ruling; as a result, the phrasing in those choices is awkward, unidiomatic, and imprecise.

Snazzy

Sorry, halcyon. i am lost. what are those examples for ? can you clarify the point, pls?

halcyon

以下是引用Snazzy在2004-1-24 10:49:00的发言：
Sorry, halcyon. i am lost. what are those examples for ? can you clarify the point, pls?

就是说： “相同的代词及其相应的物主代词指代相应的指代对象。”

比如说， their 只能指代 前面 they 的指代对象， its 只能与 it 指代相同（但it 作形式主语除外）。

再如 og 159
159.    While depressed property values can hurt some large investors, they are potentially devastating for home-owners, whose equity—in many cases representing a life’s savings—can plunge or even disappear.
(A) they are potentially devastating for homeowners, whose
(B) they can potentially devastate homeowners in that their
(C) for homeowners they are potentially devastating, because their
(D) for homeowners, it is potentially devastating in that their
(E) it can potentially devastate homeowners, whose

In B, C, and D, substituting in that their or because their for whose is wordy and confusing since the antecedent of their might be they, not homeowners.

halcyon

129. 中， they 应该指代 Italian vintners.

海蓝

嗯，我也觉得最后一个they应该指代Italian vintners，但是我不太明白：

sell的用法是：当sell做及物动词时，应放在卖主的后面，如She sold her old bicycle to me. 当做不及物动词时，放在卖的东西的后面，如The new models of VCD sell like fun.（资料来自现代英汉字典）。

可是在这句话中，题目想表达的意思是：Italian vintners通过削价的方式的确是把酒卖掉了。

如果they指代Italian vintners的话，C选项中and they do就补充全就应该是: and the Italian vintners do sell their wines. 这里面的sell是及物的。但前面出现的be priced to sell中sell是不及物啊。后面的their wines怎么能也被省略掉呢？不符合省略的原则啊～～

不知道我表达清楚了没有，就是说这句话的后半句，前一个sell是不及物，后一个被省略的sell是及物的，后一个sell的对象能一块被省掉吗？

迷惑中。。。牛牛们赐教！

kgg

我想补充全应该是: and the italian vintners do sell their wines at the (priced) price

Snazzy

以下是引用halcyon在2004-1-24 11:33:00的发言：

就是说： “相同的代词及其相应的物主代词指代相应的指代对象。”

比如说， their 只能指代 前面 they 的指代对象， its 只能与 it 指代相同（但it 作形式主语除外）。

再如 og 159
159. While depressed property values can hurt some large investors, they are potentially devastating for home-owners, whose equity—in many cases representing a life’s savings—can plunge or even disappear.
(A) they are potentially devastating for homeowners, whose
(B) they can potentially devastate homeowners in that their
(C) for homeowners they are potentially devastating, because their
(D) for homeowners, it is potentially devastating in that their
(E) it can potentially devastate homeowners, whose

  In B, C, and D, substituting in that their or because their for whose is wordy and confusing since the antecedent of their might be they, not homeowners.

read again and see what you can get from it.
比如说， their 只能指代 前面 they 的指代对象， its 只能与 it 指代相同（但it 作形式主语除外）。OG explanation says it is not OK!