关于 it跟its they跟their的指代问题。在线等。。。。

qbfnigel

8. GWD28-Q8:

In the Louisiana Purchase of 1803, the United States acquired 828,000 square miles for about four cents an acre, which more than doubled the country’s size and that brought
            its western border within reach of the Pacific Ocean.

 

 

A.      In the Louisiana Purchase of 1803, the United States acquired 828,000 square miles for about four cents an acre, which more than doubled the country’s size and that brought  [which指代不清]

B.       For about four cents an acre the United States acquired, in the Louisiana Purchase of 1803, 828,000 square miles, more than doubling the country’s size and it brought  [没有v.]

C.      With the Louisiana Purchase in 1803, the United States acquired 828,000 square miles for about four cents an acre, more than doubling its size and bringing

D.      The United States, in the Louisiana Purchase of 1803, for about four cents an acre, acquired 828,000 square miles, more than doubling the country’s size, bringing

E.       Acquiring 828,000 square miles in the Louisiana Purchase of 1803, the United States bought it for about four cents an acre, more than doubling the country’s size and bringing

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

 

(A) if, when other animals are studied in as much depth, similar patterns would be found

(B) if other animals were studied with as much depth they would exhibit similar patterns

(C) would similar patterns be found in other animals if they were studied in as much depth

(D) whether similar patterns would be exhibited in other animals that were studied with as much depth

(E) whether other animals would exhibit similar patterns if they were studied in as much depth

第一题，答案说E错是因为it 与its指代不一。第二题的答案却是E，但是E选的they跟their明显指代不一样。请问到底it 跟its they 跟their 要指代一致么？

qbfnigel

没人回答？哭了 这么经典一个问题

edmundshi

第一题题干中的its指代的是US,而E选项中的it指的是修饰Purchase的Louisiana，故舍去

第二个题目我觉得是parallelism，or前后两个分句要对称，里面的they分别对应于分居中的主语。

sophiaruan

同一个句子中代词不能指代不同的事物。两个完整的句子中的各自代词可以指代不同的事物。第一个题目是一个句子，第二个题目是两个句子。