GWD 1-2

caterpillar

Q2:

By merging its two publishing divisions, the company will increase their share of the country’s $21 billion book market from 6 percent to 10 percent, a market ranging from obscure textbooks to mass-market paperbacks.

their share of the country’s $21 billion book market from 6 percent to 10 percent, a market ranging

from 6 percent to 10 percent its share of the $21 billion book market in the country, which ranges

to 10 percent from 6 percent in their share of the $21 billion book market in the country, a market ranging

in its share, from 6 percent to 10 percent, of the $21 billion book market in the country, which ranges

to 10 percent from 6 percent its share of the country’s $21 billion book market, which ranges

答案是E。但是我有疑问。E中有两个问题：一是from....to...结构好象不能倒过来用，大全里有一题，正确选项与其中一个错误选项的唯一区别就是：from...to....用成了to....from.....。另外，the country's $21 billion book market这种所有格的表达法也不是太好，因为非人名词的所有格ETS一般倾向于用sth. of sth.结构。

我知道E的最大好处是，根据就近修饰原则，可以使得which从句的被修饰对象更清楚，但就近修饰原则并不是唯一的判断被修饰对象的依据，OG里也有很多跳跃修饰的例子。我觉得这里根据句子的意思很难让人误解为修饰country, 一般都能知道是修饰market,所以我觉得B是最好的答案。

请NN们多指教，我的思路是不是不对？  

tianwan

market是share的修饰成分。its share of the $21 billion book market in the country，所以B的which要么指向中心词share，要么就近指向country，造成混乱。

请指正。

caterpillar

MM说得有道理。但是E里面是不是也有一些不太好的地方？觉得不是一个perfect的选项，属于一个NN的贴子里说的“矮子里选高子”的一种。

有时候几个方面不知道该怎么权衡优先级。

tulipmontreal

偶的理解同意TIANWAN。

ITS SHARE后面的修饰成分最好是单一的， 如E

而B中的后面修饰容易歧义。

FROM...TO 的顺序是可以变更的

[此贴子已经被作者于2004-7-12 10:44:15编辑过]

1284901

Also, in B, "in the country" may modify "share" instead of market.  We can not radomly change its place.

philikittist

E:to 10 percent from 6 percent its share of the country’s $21 billion book market, which ranges

如果说B有问题，那E里面的which 就没有可能修饰share的问题么？

the country's 的possessive的意思没有问题么？

我今天第一次作GWD，郁闷的很，谢谢大家帮忙！

rt316

这道题的答案是B，以前讨论过。

GWD的答案有不少问题，可以参阅LES主持的这个帖子http://forum.chasedream.com/dispbbs.asp?boardID=23&ID=56794&page=1参与讨论。

agk99

所以說答案已經確定更正為B了嗎?

sweetsweet

同意选B。

流沙

觉得还是E正确。