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ouyangkehai

查过所有讨论帖都没答案，谁人挑战一下？？？

请问 og－60（大全36） 关于同一句话中的代词指代问题

og 60 (大全36) 关于同一句话中的代词指代
        

60. According to a recent poll, owning and living in a freestanding house on its own land is still a goal of a majority of young adults, like that of earlier generations.

(A) like that of earlier generations

(B) as that for earlier generations

(C) just as earlier generations did

(D) as have earlier generations

(E) as it was of earlier generations

The intended comparison should be completed by a clause beginning with as and containing a subject and verb that correspond to the subject and verb of the main clause. In E, the best choice, it refers unambiguously to the phrasal subject owning ... land, the verb was corresponds to is, and today's young adults are appropriately compared to earlier genera­tions.
                Choices A and B lack a verb corresponding to is and a clear referent for that. Choices C and D are confusing and illogical because their verbs, did and have, cannot substitute for is in the main clause.

有点理解之前的讨论帖中说的文章是比较前面的整句话，所以用like不好。但是，依照菜鸟总结里的解释，原文中its指代majority(个人也同意). 但是OG又说E中的it指代owning and living in a freestanding house on its own land. 这样不是犯了“一个句子中同一个代词不能指代两个不同东西”的错误？

sabriye

一个句子中同一个代词不能指代两个不同东西，但物主代词和代词可以指代不同的东西

aeoluseros

momo...umm...没有任何规定说同一个代词不能指代不同的东西，只要不引起逻辑歧义，代词可以指代不同的东西.
这里按照对位(或者说语感)，E里面it读着就是第一感觉是指代owning ... land.句子是写给读者看的，当读者看着会产生二义性的时候就不是好句子，寻常没有人在读句子的时候会去可以注意its指代什么，it指代什么，而是很顺畅的读下来按照感觉来体会意思.

ouyangkehai

谢谢版主的精辟解释。但还是有个疑问，GMATT英语不是经典英语吗？不应出现任何瑕疵，这也不是GMATT英语的精髓吗？？多谢版主！！

aeoluseros

这不是瑕疵，逻辑意思就是GMAT的精髓多做一些题目就能够体会出来这个意思了.正式英语只是更加严格，让更多的人接受而已，并没有特殊到哪里去.

ouyangkehai

多谢英雄！