OG12蓝皮SC86 that指代啥？

jbc88

The computer company’s present troubles are a result of technological stagnation, marketing missteps, and managerial blunders so that several attempts to revise corporate strategies have failed to correct it.
A.so that several attempts to revise corporate strategies have failed to correct it.
B.so that several attempts at revising corporate strategies have failed to correct
C.in that several attempts at revising corporate strategies have failed to correct them
D.that several attempts to revise corporate strategies have failed to correct
E.that several attempts at revising corporate strategies have failed to correct them

OA：D.

OG解释里有句很牛B的话： the clearest most efficient way to explain this is to refere to the causes with the relative pronoun that,

我不懂！！！that怎么指代causes？ causes是什么？句中里哪有causes？难道that指代那3个东西？

很多题目里 他说 which指代不明，现在又这样用that。这不是只许州官放火不许百姓点灯吗？！？！！？！？

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ljyjulia

这里的原因应该指从"technological stagnation...“开始，正确选项中that是对原因的几个items"technological stagnation技术停滞不前,marketing missteps,managerial blunders经理谬误"的一种修饰，因此也是as a result of 的一部分，所以选项里说”refere to the causes with the relative pronoun that,

“，还是有点模棱两可是吧
  换条思路，attempt 后面加to do形式，选A或D，再看代词it 本身指代不对 而且这里用so that也很突兀--”因为....以致于...“反正放着就是觉得突兀

jbc88

首先多谢你提醒我从另一个角度想。

但，我这次想追求的是GMAT中的 that的使用方法。你也见过OG解释中 说which指代不明的请情况。

我不懂，他这个that就不是指代不明了吗？

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踏雪无痕1989

The computer company’s present troubles are a result of technological stagnation, marketing missteps, and managerial blunders so that several attempts to revise corporate strategies have failed to correct it.
A.so that several attempts to revise corporate strategies have failed to correct it.
B.so that several attempts at revising corporate strategies have failed to correct
C.in that several attempts at revising corporate strategies have failed to correct them
D.that several attempts to revise corporate strategies have failed to correct
E.that several attempts at revising corporate strategies have failed to correct them


that就近修饰，因为是限制性定于从句，于是只能修饰managerial blunders

which指代不明是因为which是非限制的，有的时候可以跳跃

踏雪无痕1989

it, them are confusing

between B & D it is D

踏雪无痕1989

D

Here is my explanation:
On a Serious node, I did not understand the Question at all, But its good to investigate such Question.

First of all I eliminated A
Reason : 'IT' : there is no singular item here.

Second I eliminated:
Attempt to : Correct idiom.
So B,C and E are out.

I left with D.

jbc88

that就近修饰，因为是限制性定于从句，于是只能修饰managerial blunders

which指代不明是因为which是非限制的，有的时候可以跳跃

-- by 会员 踏雪无痕1989 (2010/11/2 13:13:40)

和OG说法不一致。。