OG NO。85

寂寞的自由

Grammar question:

Out of America’s fascination with all things antique have grown a market for bygone styles of furniture and fixtures that are bringing back the chaise lounge, the overstuffed sofa, and the claw-footed bathtub.

B) things antique has grown a market for bygone styles of furniture and fixtures that is bringing

The right answer is B.

question: In addition, all of the choices except B use plural verbs after that, thus illogically stating either that bygone styles of furniture and fixture, or fixtures alone, are reviving the particular pieces mentioned; it is instead the market for those styles that is bringing back such pieces, as B states.

What is the meaning of the words underlined by me? Thanks a lot.

weiyu

本句为大倒装句。我想你肯定没问题。


all of the choices except B use plural verbs after that, thus illogically stating either that bygone styles of furniture and fixture, or fixtures alone, are reviving the particular pieces mentioned; it is instead the market for those styles that is bringing back such pieces, as B states.


所有选项除了B以外，在表达下述意思时都有逻辑问题。那就是：人们以为要么是家具和固定设备的过时样式或者仅仅是固定设备导致了一些东西的复苏。然而实际上是对这些过时样式的    市场导致了这些东西的复苏(中文不好，请见谅)

mariezhu

说得是除B之外的选项在that后用的都是复数，这一用法错误地表明是bygone styles of furniture和 fixtures两者一起，或者是fixtures自己，使题目中提到的各式家具（指的是 the chaise lounge, the overstuffed sofa, and the claw-footed bathtub.）重新回归，但实际上是“市场”使得这些风格的家具回潮的。

寂寞的自由

谢谢大家的解释，自由想确定一下这个题目的考点，是不是考试“关于含义确定的唯一性，因为that从句如果是复数形式就导致了前面两个复数名词的不确定性”而“市场这个单数名词”明确唯一的表明了含义，避免了含糊的复数两个名词的摸棱两可呢？谢谢大家的指点

mariezhu

我觉得更多的是从逻辑性考虑吧，解释中也说其他选项illogically如何如何。实际上，应该是market使古典家具回潮，而不可能是bygone style of furnitures and fixtures,或者fixtures
呵呵，个人意见，请你参考。