请教OG12-53

lijiazhou

The nineteenth-century chemistHumphry Davy
presented the results of his early experiments in his
"Essay on Heat and Light," a critique of all chemistry
since Robert Bovle as well as a vision of a new
chemistry that Davy hoped to found.
(A)     a critique of all chemistry sinceRobert Boyle as
well as a vision of a
(B)    a critique of all chemistry following Robert Boyle
and also his envisioning of a
(0  a critique of all chemistry after Robert Boyle and
envisioning as well
(D)    critiquing all chemistry from Robert Boyle
forward and also a vision of
(E)      critiquing all the chemistry donesince Robert
Boyle as well as his own envisioning of
解析：Parallelism; Rhetoricalconstruction
The main objective of the sentence is to describe
"Essay on Heat and Light" as Davy's presentation
of his own experiments and to further explain
that the essay served as both a critique of previous
chemistry and a vision of a new kind of chemistry.
The clearest, most effective form for providing
this explanation of the essay s function is tomake
critique and vision both appositives of "Essay on
Heat and Light," and to present them in a parallel
structure.
A    Correct. Tne phrasesdescribing the essay s
function are presented in parallel form.
B     Critique and his envisioning are not parallel;
the phrase and also his envisioning is
unnecessarily wordy; it is also unclear to
whom his refers.
C    The two descriptors are notparallel.
D    Tne two descriptors are notparallel.
E   Tne meaning is confused in the assertion
that Davy critiqued his own vision of
chemistry.


我不明白的是B选项的最后一项错误，说不清楚his 指代什么，但是原文里面his只指代这一个人啊，有什么错误么？
请大牛指点

superbat28

B选项，在his出现前，前面有两个人名。这样的话，在语法上这个his是可以去指代二者任一的。

对于一个没有任何背景知识的人，它可能并不知道句子的内在逻辑，所以他并不知道his到底在指代谁。而且B选项出现了代词，A选项却没有出现。可是AB选项，都是表达一个意思的，那为什么要去选择一个可能会出现指代歧义的B选项呢？

也就是说，gmat要求我们【在语义，语法无问题时，选择一个最简洁的表达】。

况且，B选项本身就有一个不平行，这是个绝对错误。所以B选项肯定错~

lijiazhou

B选项，在his出现前，前面有两个人名。这样的话，在语法上这个his是可以去指代二者任一的。

对于一个没有任何背景知识的人，它可能并不知道句子的内在逻辑，所以他并不知道his到底在指代谁。而且B选项出现了代词，A选项却没有出现。可是AB选项，都是表达一个意思的，那为什么要去选择一个可能会出现指代歧义的B选项呢？

也就是说，gmat要求我们【在语义，语法无问题时，选择一个最简洁的表达】。

况且，B选项本身就有一个不平行，这是个绝对错误。所以B选项肯定错~

-- by 会员 superbat28 (2011/10/2 23:54:33)

哇太感谢了啊，竟然米看到有两个人，记住了记住了

清水涟漪

为嘛句末是hoped to found而不是hoped to find？这里有什么语法点吗？

99qiuqiu

found means set up

清水涟漪

嗷，原来是这样！THX!! =v=

神粥八宝

想问一下since, following, after还有D项的from   forward对吗
求大神解答

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神粥八宝 发表于 2017-11-28 08:10
想问一下since, following, after还有D项的from   forward对吗
求大神解答

Mark一下！