[mm讨论]新prep2-171

maimai2009

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(Marconi's conception of the radio was as a substitute for the telephone, a tool for private conversation; instead, it is) precisely the opposite, a tool for communicating with a large, public audience.
A. Marconi's conception of the radio was as a substitute for the telephone, a tool for private conversation; instead, it is
B. Marconi conceived of the radio as a substitute for the telephone, a tool for private conversation, but which is
C. Marconi conceived of the radio as a tool for private conversation that could substitute for the telephone; instead, it has become
D. Marconi conceived of the radio to be a tool for private conversation, a substitute for the telephone, which has become
E. Marconi conceived of the radio to be a substitute for the telephone, a tool for private conversation, other than what it is,

这道题用conceive as排除D.E, A错在主语逻辑, B和C的指代我实在是看不清楚, C里的it指代什么?
多谢

Mayanist

很显然 it 指 radio

maimai2009

意思上应该指radio,但为甚么就一定能够指radio而没有指代歧义呢?

Mayanist

作者的意图是想将原来的目的和最终的结果进行对比。前半部分的中心词就是radio，后一部分的主语就是it,怎么产生歧义。

sjjay

我也有个问题，为什么后面要用现在完成时呢，前面一句用的过去时，而后一句用现在完成时，是说从过去到现在的一种过程吗？也许是，become这个词确实有表示过程的。不过在句子中没有明确的标志和逻辑需要用吧？请哪位牛牛讲讲？

songlovegt

 B 中，which 指代错误

alohabrian

B不仅指代错误，而且根本没必要。But which两个连词连用。如果表达转折，要改成which, however,..... 但是后面已经有oppositely，所以however也不要了。

而且直接which又是错的。

反正which在B里，里外不是人。

[此贴子已经被作者于2009-2-14 0:39:47编辑过]

balabaladou7

我的一点分析：

A. Marconi's conception of the radio用法awkward，所有格套of结构；用conception名词，不够简洁。As多余。A tool应该修饰radio，但位置上却造成修饰telephone的歧义。It指代conception,逻辑意义荒谬。

B. conceived of…as…用法正确。A tool应该修饰radio，但位置上却造成修饰telephone的歧义。But后的which不知道在修饰谁，前面没有对应的部分，后面也不是整句，错。

C.正确。it has become表达了正确的含义。It指代radio.

D. conceived of…to be…用法错误，a substitute荒谬的修饰了conversation，which荒谬的修饰了telephone

E. conceived of…to be…用法错误；A tool应该修饰radio，但位置上却造成修饰telephone的歧义。

other than后面的句子，使得句意完全改变。

欢迎大家多讨论~

[此贴子已经被作者于2009-3-11 10:35:43编辑过]

zhuceg

C. Marconi conceived of the radio as a tool for private conversation
that could substitute for the telephone; instead, it has become

大家不觉得 that could ... 有修饰conversation的嫌疑吗？

AlienX

"...[noun phrase] [prepositional phrase] that..."中的that常會指代prepositional phrase之前的noun phrase.
會有歧異(可是ETS accepts), 所以要比choices ;-)