princeton 一道题

tianwan

Three percent of beer volume is alcohol, compared with wine's twelve percent and whiskey, cognac, and rum's forty percent.

A. Three percent of beer volume is alcohol, compared with wine's twelve percent and whiskey, cognac, and rum's forty percent

B. Three percent of beer volume is alcohol, of wine it is twelve percent, and of whiskey, cognac, and rum it is forty percent

C. By volume, beer is three percent alcohol, compared with wine, which is twelve percent alcohol; whiskey, rum and cognac are each forty percent alcohol

D. The percentage of beer volume that is alcohol is three, compared with wine's twelve, whiskey's forty, cognac's forty, and rum's forty.

E. The percentage of beer volume that is alcohol is three; that of wine is twelve, and that of whiskey, cognac, and rum is forty.

答案是C，

1，A有什么问题？

2，beer is three percent alcohol， 这样说可以吗？

X_TonY_X

Tianwan斑竹,看完A后很合理的想法是: 比较是the volume percentage that's alcohol. 但是A的主语是 three-percent of beer volume, 这就不能作为 compared with 后面内容的counterpart. 其他的错误选项也都有这种看上去意思很清楚,但是表达方式有缺陷的毛病. 当然,它们还各有毛病, 比如A的 wine's错误,这属于硬伤,看到后可以直接跳过A.

beer is three percent alcohol 是idiomatic的, 基本用于表示组成成分, 其他的比如:

Wellesley is 100 percent women.  The cape is 80 percent wool. etc.

C是表达此题意思的最好方式, 当然, 如果一定要改, 可以说: By volume, the alcohol percentage in beers is three, compared with that in wines, which is twelve.

LES

以下是引用X_TonY_X在2004-5-5 22:51:00的发言：

beer is three percent alcohol 是idiomatic的, 基本用于表示组成成分, 其他的比如:

Wellesley is 100 percent women.  The cape is 80 percent wool. etc.

C是表达此题意思的最好方式, 当然, 如果一定要改, 可以说: By volume, the alcohol percentage in beers is three, compared with that in wines, which is twelve.

Tony, this sounds like spoken-English. Are you sure it could be used in standard written English? I just looked it up in several dictionaries, but didn't find any sample sentence.

wujuao

ＧＭＡＴ中无生命的东西倾向于of连接，而不用所有格

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比较对象的主语不一致

zcx

以下是引用tianwan在2004-5-5 19:33:00的发言：

Three percent of beer volume is alcohol, compared with wine's twelve percent and whiskey, cognac, and rum's forty percent.

A. Three percent of beer volume is alcohol, compared with wine's twelve percent and whiskey, cognac, and rum's forty percent

B. Three percent of beer volume is alcohol, of wine it is twelve percent, and of whiskey, cognac, and rum it is forty percent

C. By volume, beer is three percent alcohol, compared with wine, which is twelve percent alcohol; whiskey, rum and cognac are each forty percent alcohol

D. The percentage of beer volume that is alcohol is three, compared with wine's twelve, whiskey's forty, cognac's forty, and rum's forty.

E. The percentage of beer volume that is alcohol is three; that of wine is twelve, and that of whiskey, cognac, and rum is forty.

答案是C，

1，A有什么问题？

2，beer is three percent alcohol， 这样说可以吗？（同意gg的质疑，og中多次提到be动词本身表判断，主语和表语同时名词时要平行队等，这句里面beer和3% alcohol不对等