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再贴一遍，把偶们的帖子顶上来。嘻嘻 以下是引用mariezhu在2004-5-28 18:43:00的发言： 关于这一点lesMM请看看这个帖子里的这段话: A second point is to make sure that once you have chosen the kind of grammatical forms you want to make parallel, you structure them symmetrically. Remember that an initial article, preposition, auxiliary verb, or modifier will tend to govern all elements in the series unless it is repeated for each element. For example, if you set up a series of nouns with the first modified by an adjective, the reader will expect the adjective to modify the rest of the series as well. Thus you should say The building has new lighting, plumbing, and carpeting but not The building has new lighting, plumbing, and different carpeting. The same is true for articles: He brought the rod, reel, and bait. If you want to restrict a modifier to only one noun, repeat the article for each noun: He brought the light rod, the reel, and the bait. marie mm，又研读了一遍红字部分，发现偶们的理解可能有偏差，先说说偶的理解： 如果你想将一个修饰语限制修饰某一个名词，那么所有名词前都要重复加冠词。 即：He brought the light rod, the reel, and the bait. 这里light 只修饰 rod。 如果将句子改成： He brought the light rod, reel, and bait. 这里light同时修饰 rod, reel 和bait. 这一点可以从你那篇权威文章中得到印证。或者也可以看看下面这个例子： 107.       Downzoning, zoning that typically results in the reduction of housing density, allows for more open space in areas where little water or services exist. (A) little water or services exist (B) little water or services exists (C) few services and little water exists (D) there is little water or services available（E） (E) there are few services and little available water The adjective little modifies “mass nouns” (e.g., water), which refer to some undifferentiated quantity; the adjective few modifies “count nouns” (e.g., services), which refer to groups made up of distinct members that can be considered individually. Hence, choices A, B, and D are incorrect because little cannot properly modify services. Also, since water and services are being discussed as a pair, they should logically be treated as a compound subject requiring a plural verb; thus, the singular verbs exists (in B and C) and is (in D) are wrong. Choice E is best: the plural verb are is used, and few correctly modifies services. hightligh部分说明 little 也是作用于services上的，但是由于services本身不可以被little修饰所以错。换句话说如果改成：little water or air就对了。

vincent0330

同样的还有vast amount......and number of staff那题

jnlvo

以下是引用renprince在2004-5-29 0:13:00的发言：

arbitration allows parties to realize important benefits such as reduced costs, enhanced confidentiality and speedier resolution of complex disputes.

请问jnlvo上面的例句子从哪里找来？

因为我选择b的还有一个依据就是the advantages of settling differences privately by using mediators rather than the courts are 成本的下降，中心词是下降。

请考证，，，，，谢谢

我是从网上搜来的。