OG 12-6(代词指代)

tracy2009

E 中的them不指代 tourists的原因：
1)从语法上来说  tourists 在介词词组by tourists里， 代词不能指代介词词组里的名词。
2)从逻辑上来说， them如果指代tourists， 则变成 moisture exhaled by tourists had raised the humidity within tourish.逻辑不通。 所以them只能指代chambers

制约与平衡

(C) because（ tourists were exhaling moisture, which had raised the humidity within them to levels such that salt from the stone would crystallize）
which引导的非限定性定语从句，作为前句话的补充说明，them在这里很自然就是指代tourists
(D) because of moisture that was exhaled by tourists raising the humidity within them to levels so high as to make the salt from the stone crystallize
tourists后面跟着raising引起的修饰成分，是修饰tourists，所以them就很自然指代tourists
(E) because moisture exhaled by tourists had raised the humidity within them to such levels that salt from the stone was crystallizing
这里them不能指代tourists，因为tourists这个结构exhaled by tourists是moisture的定语，修饰moisture，因此them不能指向tourists；另外because与前面一个句子有紧密的逻辑关系，因此them就是指代第一句话里的Chambers。

-- by 会员 AmyGMAT (2010/5/29 1:10:44)

太牛了！！！！
我也想了好长时间都没有想出来。

请问一下C选项的非限定定语从句如果理解成是对moisture的解释说明，也可以说them在这里很自然就是指代tourists吗？

暮湘寒

强大。。。

vegentle

谢谢分析

sodalight

还是不懂。。。为什么E的就不能指代tourists 呢？ 求解答啊。 CD倒是懂了

abjure

还是不懂。。。为什么E的就不能指代tourists 呢？ 求解答啊。 CD倒是懂了

-- by 会员 sodalight (2012/9/16 15:02:16)

In late 1997, the chambers inside the pyramid of the Pharaoh Menkaure at Giza were closed to visitors for cleaning and repair due to moisture exhaled by tourists, which raised its humidity to such levels so that salt from the stone was crystallizing and fungus was growing on the walls.

E. because moisture exhaled by tourists had raised the humidity within them to such levels that salt from the stone was crystallizing
指代模糊本身就是不是一个绝对性的错误。
其实我们结合这题把正确选项E先提干，  The Chambers....   were closed ....becasue  mositure had raised the humidity (with them)  such levels that........
这样你 "with them" 作为modifer修饰主干， 在主干只有唯一语义和语法正确的指代对象就是“chambers”， 至于“vistors” 因为它放在另外一个modifer “by tourists” 里面， 所以对于代词指代模糊影响相对其他错误选项较小。

DUKB24

何必纠结呢。。。

都没做出split


花时间纠结这种extremely subtle difference，还不如好好理解下全句想要表达的合理句意，实战过于纠结pronoun ambiguity 会挂，平时也是。。。。


to LS 的LS

sodalight

还是不懂。。。为什么E的就不能指代tourists 呢？ 求解答啊。 CD倒是懂了

-- by 会员 sodalight (2012/9/16 15:02:16)

In late 1997, the chambers inside the pyramid of the Pharaoh Menkaure at Giza were closed to visitors for cleaning and repair due to moisture exhaled by tourists, which raised its humidity to such levels so that salt from the stone was crystallizing and fungus was growing on the walls.

E. because moisture exhaled by tourists had raised the humidity within them to such levels that salt from the stone was crystallizing
指代模糊本身就是不是一个绝对性的错误。
其实我们结合这题把正确选项E先提干，  The Chambers....   were closed ....becasue  mositure had raised the humidity (with them)  such levels that........
这样你 "with them" 作为modifer修饰主干， 在主干只有唯一语义和语法正确的指代对象就是“chambers”， 至于“vistors” 因为它放在另外一个modifer “by tourists” 里面， 所以对于代词指代模糊影响相对其他错误选项较小。

-- by 会员 abjure (2012/9/18 9:15:49)

3Q!