GWD21-Q5~a controversial question~

evelyn205205

There are no legal limits, as there are for cod and haddock, on the size of monkfish that can be caught, a circumstance that contributes to their depletion through overfishing.


A.There are no legal limits, as there are for cod and haddock, on the size of monkfish that can be caught, a circumstance that contributes to their depletion through overfishing.
B.There are no legal limits on the size of monkfish that can be caught, unlike cod or haddock, a circumstance that contributes to depleting them because they are being overfished.
C.There are legal limits on the size of cod and haddock that can be caught, but not for monkfish, which contributes to its depletion through overfishing.
D.Unlike cod and haddock, there are no legal size limits on catching monkfish, which contributes to its depletion by being overfished.
E.Unlike catching cod and haddock, there are no legal size limits on catching monkfish, contributing to their depletion because they are overfished.

此题GWD给的答案是C。我觉得C问题还蛮多的，相比较而言，A是个更好的选择呢。
看过以前的讨论帖，大家众说纷纭，有同意A的，也有赞成C的。
C的问题在于：which本身应该紧跟修饰，那么照这样的说法，C中的which应该指代mockfish咯，其实不然，因为从句子逻辑来看，mockfish不会导致它本身的depletion啊。
所以我认为答案是A更好，
大家觉得呢？

evelyn205205

求问~

evelyn205205

顶~

evelyn205205

顶~

bitieming

A中的their无指代对象，句子中唯一的一个复数名词是limits，这是一个硬伤，用这个标准看其他选项也就C靠谱一点，但是毫无疑问C是有错误的……which如果就近指代肯定是错的，如果按照逻辑含义指代的话，我认为指代的there are整个句子，但是which又是不能指代句子的，但无论怎样C中错误相比A的错误还是不怎么致命的。

evelyn205205

A中的their无指代对象，句子中唯一的一个复数名词是limits，这是一个硬伤，用这个标准看其他选项也就C靠谱一点，但是毫无疑问C是有错误的……which如果就近指代肯定是错的，如果按照逻辑含义指代的话，我认为指代的there are整个句子，但是which又是不能指代句子的，但无论怎样C中错误相比A的错误还是不怎么致命的。

-- by 会员 bitieming (2011/8/4 10:18:08)

which的指代错误难道不是致命的么？
XDF笔记说which指代错误是correctness的错误，不是effectiveness的错误。

bitieming

要是在其他题目里which指代出错基本上应该是致命的了，LZ其实不必纠结这道题目，我相信GMAC一定不会把这种题放进考试里，只记语法点就可以了~
PS：其实是你这么一说我也不知道这两个错误哪个更致命了……

evelyn205205

要是在其他题目里which指代出错基本上应该是致命的了，LZ其实不必纠结这道题目，我相信GMAC一定不会把这种题放进考试里，只记语法点就可以了~
PS：其实是你这么一说我也不知道这两个错误哪个更致命了……

-- by 会员 bitieming (2011/8/4 11:40:10)

其实被你这么一说，我发现了A后面悄悄藏着的一个their。让我倍感纠结。。。

evelyn205205

要是在其他题目里which指代出错基本上应该是致命的了，LZ其实不必纠结这道题目，我相信GMAC一定不会把这种题放进考试里，只记语法点就可以了~
PS：其实是你这么一说我也不知道这两个错误哪个更致命了……

-- by 会员 bitieming (2011/8/4 11:40:10)

但是句子的意思和逻辑关系在语法中比一般的语法规则重要么？
是看重逻辑还是语法规则？

justgo

2.    关于monkfish, fish的单复数识别：
if "fish" is singular, it must be used WITH AN ARTICLE ("a", "the", etc.)
i saw a fish swimming beneath me --> singular (1 fish)
i saw fish swimming beneath me --> plural (multiple fish)
-----prep2008