跪求高人指导2道OG12语法题，发现新问题资源没有的

yoyotennis

OG12-33
Because an oversupply of computer chips has sent prices plunging, the manufacturer has announced that it will cut production by closing its factories for two days a month.
(A) Because an oversupply of computer chips has sent prices plunging,

(D) Due to plunging computer chip prices from an oversupply,

答案是选A，但我想知道为什么D是错的？百思不得其解。。。

OG12-57（即OG11-50）
That educators have not anticipated the impact of microcomputer technology can hardly be said that it their fault: Aivin Toffler, one of the most prominent students of the future, did not even mention microcomputers in Future Shock, published in 1970.

(A)         That educators have not anticipated the impact of microcomputer technology can hardly be said that it is their fault

(B)         That educators have not anticipated the impact of microcomputer technology can hardly be said to be at fault

(C)         It can hardly be said that it is the fault of educators who have not anticipated the impact of microcomputer technology

(D)        It can hardly be said that educators are at fault for not anticipating the impact of microcomputer technology

(E)         The fact that educators are at fault for not anticipating the impact of microcomputer technology can hardly be said

这题答案是D，但我看到 It 开头的就直接排除C,D了。。。杯具。。
我很想知道到底“It” 应该怎么使用，看OG解释有时候能用有时候又不给用~产生歧义神马的~没指代对象神马的。。。


再次跪求高人指导小弟~~~谢谢~！

sheilabravo

due to = because of something.
D后面的是分词不是名词\
这里IT作形式主语。
个人理解，望各位NN拍砖。

yoyotennis

Due to 那个明白了~感谢楼上~~

继续跪求IT用法..

sys15589

It is said that   是一个It 做形势主语的主语从句， that引导的从句是真正的主语。 这个很明显啊不把It can hardly be said that 提前的话整个句子结构乱七八糟。很费解为什么看到It 竟然直接排除了。 英语中有时候为了避免头重脚轻和句子歧义，偏爱用It 做形式宾语，形式主语之类的。另外还有It引导的强调结构。

之后再在C、D选项里选。C选项第二个It is 结构就没有必要了。另外for结构表原因， “educators有错因为他们……”是正确的表达。 而educators who 把educator限定了范围，特质某些educators，而不是原句句义里泛指的educators。这个LZ能体会不？另外再就是用完成时have not anticipated 怪怪的。lz觉得呢？

LZ所指的It 的指代会引起歧义， 应该是It 不能指代整个句子而只能指代单个词，或句子中有干扰的指代项，之类之类的。建议楼主总结OG里所有有关It指代的解释，另外查阅语法书找It is … 的一些常见句型。 自己总结的效果最好哦。～

yoyotennis

感谢楼上！！！

丝瓜

有点不懂一楼说的due to,plunging computer chip prices ，price前面的不可以都看作其定语么？due to 后面是price是名字呀？
希望给新手一点指教~谢谢！

balgirl

LS的MM，不知道是否已经知道答案了？
我今天才看到这道题，GOOGLE出了如下的结果：http://web.ku.edu/~edit/because.html
这个句子的due to本身就使用不当
简单来说，due to是具有形容词词性，because of 具有副词词性
如果把due to 移插到主句的动词之后发现句子不顺畅，那么due to的使用就是不当的
具体的内容可以看上面的链接和后面的习题，那里面讲解的比较清晰
希望可以帮到你