[讨论]给prep挑挑刺

yya

以下是prep中的一道语法题，在下不认同B的解释，因为which引导的非限制性定语从句完全可以通过主谓一致来确定是修饰river的。

Unlike many United States cities, where a river is no longer the focal point of urban life, the river in
San Antonio winds through the middle of the business district, and the River Walk, or Paseo del Rio,
is the city's most popular attraction.
(A) Unlike many United States cities, where a river is no longer the focal point of urban life, the river
in San Antonio
(B) Unlike the river in many cities in the United States, which is no longer the focal point of urban life,
in San Antonio the river
(C) Today the river in many cities in the United States is no longer the focal point of urban life,
unlike San Antonio, where it
(D) In few United States cities today, a river is the focal point of urban life, but the river in San
Antonio
(E) No longer do many cities in the United States have a river as the focal point of urban life, but in
San Antonio the river

(A) unlike连接比较对象不平行，cities和river。
(B) which指代United States错误，应该指代river。
(C) unlike一般不置于句中，容易产生对比歧义；it指代错误，在逻辑上不能指代前面的river。
(D) 去掉no longer，把全部否定变成部分否定，改变了原句意思。
(E) 正确，but连接并列的分句，不需要形式上完全对等。

liuxy1234

我也同意LZ的观点。在非限定性定语从句中，which不必非常严格的修饰离它最近的词。我个人认为B之所以错误是因为对比对象不平行，即unlike the river....和后面句子中的in

san antonio 不对等。这个短语应该移到the river 后面。

sprins

..........偶想说 United States 不也是单数么

所以B的解释没错呀

孤独狂欢

关于B选项

非限定性定语从句中，which隔开前面的介词短语，修饰中心词也是可以的，我见过几个正确选项就是隔开修饰的

但是这题说不准，还有，后面平不平行也是个问题，还是请NN来吧

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