OG12-102 心里的疑惑求证实

sasha_wen

As rainfall began to decrease in the Southwest about the middle of the twelfth century, most of the Monument Valley Anasazi abandoned their homes to join other clans whose access to water was less limited.
A.whose access to water was less limited
B.where there was access to water that was less limited
C.where they had less limited water access
D.with less limitations on water access
E.having less limitations to water access
答案是A没有问题。
我的问题是C为什么OG的解释是“They” is ambiguous and might refer to either the Anasazi or other clans;姑且不论同一句中同一个代词不能指代不同事物，前面的their指代the Anasazi,后面的they指代other clans，指代不一致。我的问题是they并不ambiguous因为they是前面other clans的定语从句，they就近理应修饰other clans并且逻辑也符合，那么不知道they的ambiguous在哪里？？怎么可能指Anasazi呢？？？

咩咩爱睡觉

一般they前面出现两个名词都有可能会出现指代问题。虽然they指代other clans合逻辑，但指代the Monument Valley Anasazi其实也说得通，因为两个都是复数名词。GMAT一般都不放过任何造成歧义的可能性

sasha_wen

我觉得从逻辑上讲，they指代the Monument Valley Anasazi说不通，因为the Monument Valley Anasazi 加入其它的部落，where讲明“原因”即在那里能获得更多的水，所以从逻辑和语法上they只能指代other clans,还望大家进一步指导，谢谢！！

ludanthu

可以理解成other clans在他们的地盘更容易获得水，也可以理解成Anasazi在other clans那里更容易获得水

sasha_wen

谢谢楼上，明白！！