白勇习题解释质疑

SunnyHi

有一道题具体如下： A representative of the Woman's Bureau of the United Stated Department of Labour contends that employment who offer benefits which permit that employees can balance home and work responsibilities better, realizing gains in attendence, recruiting, and retention.

其中BC选项为：B. which permit employees balancing home and work responsibilities better will realize

                          C. that permit employees to balance the responsibilities of home and work better will realize

书中给出的答案是C，解释为permit的习惯用法是permit sb to do sth, permit sb doing, permit that 和 sb be permitted sth是“永远错”的。

但是牛津高阶英语词典中有这样的例句：We were not permitted any contact with each other.本人觉得从这个例句看sb be permitted sth是可以使用的，白勇的解释并不恰当，不知道大家有什么见解。谢谢~~

kcnooy108

赫赫，妹妹精神可嘉，但是就这道题目来说应该是没有疑虑的。B怎么读都是不顺畅的

jason_alex

要快速排除这道题的B选项太简单了。。。

GMAT里，所有which都不能直接跟在先行词后面，一定要加逗号或者介词in，on等等，that可以直接跟在先行词后

jason_alex

话说回来，白勇那本书我刚全部做完，能做出来的就没怎么看他的解释，以前新东方上课时老师好像提到过这几本书编的都不怎么样，看的话就做做参考吧~

SunnyHi

索性厚着脸皮再请教下，为什么GMAT中which不直接跟在先行词后面呢，好像从语法上看并没有什么问题啊。

jason_alex

不清楚，这只是做题规律，本来考场做题就是讲究速度的，知道这个规律的话就做题快，GMAT据说考的是标准商业用语，其中好像which就是这么用的，我也不晓得为什么

SunnyHi

恩，还是非常感谢啦~~

SunnyHi

可是我读起来就觉得蛮顺畅的，虽然C更好，但是做题时就觉得没法将B排除。不知道你对3楼的解释有什么见解。

winbie

which -- usually need a comma in front because it is nonrestrictive clause, which means the information in the clause is extra to the sentence.
that -- usually follows the previous noun closely because the information in the "that" clause is needed for understanding the sentence.

C is better because the infinitive "to do" makes the objective of the action clear.

Also, i think in B, the better is misplaced because it could be adj and modify the noun "responsibility"
I am not sure, open to discuss