天山新题中一条Gemj大全与管为东答案不一致的的语法题

wwwhahchn

以下是引用tonyadidas在2005-5-6 21:41:00的发言：

tested, and it could eventually have the capability to propel aircraft anywhere in the world within two hours or help

1.could与capability是redundancy

2.capability of doing，不用to do

我怎么记得是capable of doing，capability to do呢？？而且Longman上也只能查到capability to do

roberto0220

我昨天刚做了这道题，看到这个讨论不禁让我想起我以前自己总结的老美SC之十大酷刑，正是其第十大酷刑之 明枪易躲，暗箭难防

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我到考试碰到这道题不考虑就选E，无所谓对错了。A的that的确是结构性问题，大问题，E有很多问题，但相比A就是小问题。

有力气的再讨论啊！

lukapurple

OG87ETS明确说has the capability to do是不好的

87. Beyond the immediate cash flow crisis that the museum faces, its survival depends on if it can broaden its membership and leave its cramped quarters for a site where it can store and exhibit its more than 12,000 artifacts.

(A)  if it can broaden its membership and leave

(B)   whether it can broaden its membership and leave

(C)  whether or not it has the capability to broaden its membership and can leave

(D)  its ability for broadening its membership and leaving

(E)   the ability for it to broaden its membership and leave

Choice C uses whether or not where only whether is needed, includes the awkward and wordy construction has the capability to,

hncsxj

the awkward and wordy construction has the capability to

--那 can have the capability to 就错的没谱了

channing76

gwd的小班讲座给的答案是e.

pierre_chin

以下是引用tianwan在2004-6-12 17:05:00的发言：

   After more than four decades of research and development, a new type of jet engine is being tested that could eventually propel aircraft anywhere in the world within two hours or help boost cargoes into space at significantly lower costs than current methods permit.

(E) tested, and it could eventually have the capability to propel aircraft anywhere in the world within two hours or help

以下是引用tianwan在2004-6-12 17:05:00的发言：

E的错误还在于 it could have...or help或it could have the capability to propel....or help...

这个E选项的硬伤太多。肯定是错的。

it could eventually have the capability to propel aircraft anywhere in the world within two hours or help

是否指动词help可与前面的动词have平行，或同propel平行，引起歧义？

如果变成 have...to propel or to help 会否就好？

另外：假设sing和dance两动作平行,以下哪种才是正确的形式？

be able to sing or dance 还是 be able to sing or to dance

如果后面的to能省，那何时能省？何时需要保留？

[此贴子已经被作者于2005-8-21 9:04:41编辑过]

zhidong_w

个人观点，仅供参考。是E，two compelling reasons：

1）eventually，说明了是tested的结果，同样证明A错 in logic.

2）that修饰engine不会放在这么后面，ETS最忌讳的一点，OG174的解释 "is an apt illustration: both D and E are awkward and imprecise because that is too far away from its referent (letter) to be clear。"

While we have to use the clause "that ..." to modify "the engine" regardless of the meaning of "eventually", at the same time we should use "whether" in place of "that" to illustate that it is an either-or option to be tested.

dewsue

我觉得E好，关键要看逻辑意思。不能太拘泥与所谓的语法结构。engine是一个实意的名次（设备），从句表达的意思实际上是通过装备飞机来实现的。而，capability在英文中就有power的意思（能量），而不能单从所谓的与“can/could重复”这个词法的层面来看。

敬请大家体会一下engine直接做propel/help boost cargo的主语的感觉。

另外，关于所谓的redundancy,我觉得XDJI还应该有更自如的理解。比如我记得大全里有一道争议题应该是关于could/potential的，我就在OG阅读的大概前15篇里（或是前10篇）某一篇的文中末段读到过一句话就是...could petentially...  

对不起，我比较懒没有几下来，但印象极深。因为那天下午我刚做到争议题，晚上看阅读就看到这句话。

yangxiaogang

A is not right, E is right, "that" in A is awkward

jasonoversea

that引导定语从句后置 避免头重脚轻  答案是A