The commission has directed advertisers to restrict the use of the word "natural" to foods that do not contain color or flavor additives, chemical preservatives, or nothing that has been synthesized.
语法第17题,D E的纠结,解释说,E曲解了意思。再细一点如何理解? 在否定句中,GMAT语法严格遵守将and变为or吗? 17. The commission has directed advertisers to restrict the use of the word “natural” to foods that do not contain color or flavor additives, chemical preservatives, or nothing that has been synthesized. (A) or nothing that has been (B) or that has been (C) and nothing that is (D) or anything that has been (E) and anything
Idiom; Logical predication Th e use of do not and nothing in the same sentence creates a double negative and reverses the intended meaning. Anything should be used instead of nothing. Logically, a “natural” food cannot contain any prohibited ingredient, so the list of prohibited ingredients must be connected by or. A Th e use of nothing creates a double negative. B Th at has been synthesized distorts the meaning by referring to foods, rather than to something added to a food. C Th e use of nothing creates a double negative; and should be or. D Correct. Th is sentence correctly avoids a double negative and uses parallel elements. E And distorts the meaning of the sentence. Th e correct answer is D.