Season 2——manhattan 23（The author Herman Melville）

毛毛carina

23. The author Herman Melville and the poet Walt Whitman are icons of American literature, greatly beloved by generations past and present.
        A       The author Herman Melville and the poet Walt Whitman are icons
        B       Herman Melville the author and Wal tWhitman the poet are icons
        C       The author named Herman Melville and the poet named Walt Whitman are great icons
        D      The author, Herman Melville, and the poet,Walt Whitman, are icons
        E       Herman Melville, the author, and Walt Whitman, the poet, had been icons


The original sentence is correct. Themodifiers “Herman Melville” and “Walt Whitman” are restrictive – they arenecessary to restrict the scope of the words “author” and “poet” respectively –and hence the use of comma pairs to set off the modifiers is not appropriatehere. In addition, the context of the sentence implies that the men continue tobe icons of American literature since they are beloved by generations both pastand present; hence the use of the present tense “are” is appropriate.


(A)CORRECT. The original sentence is correct aswritten.

(B) The modifiers “the author” and “thepoet” for “Herman Melville” and “Walt Whitman” respectively are non-restrictive– they are not necessary to identify the subjects and only serve to addinformation – and hence should be set off with comma pairs (e.g., “HermanMelville, the author, and Walt Whitman, the poet, ….”

(C) The phrases “The author named HermanMelville” and “the poet named Walt Whitman” are unnecessarily wordy. Inaddition, an icon of something has implied greatness; hence, the phrase “greaticon” is redundant.

(D) The restrictive modifiers “HermanMelville” and “Walt Whitman” are improperly set off by comma pairs.

(E). The modifiers “the author” and “thepoet” are non-restrictive and properly set off with comma pairs. The tense ofthe verb “had been” is not appropriate since it is implied by the context ofthis sentence that the men continue to be icons of American literature.

题目点评：
本题涉及考点：时态，修饰
本题句子结构比较简单，涉及时态错误的仅有E选项，根据为划线部分past and present就能明白，HM和WW从过去到现在都是美国文化的icons。
C选项，首先多余添加原句不存在的形容词“great”，增加了语气。其次，表达累赘。
剩下A,B,D选项。其中B，D选项的正确使用方法正好相反了。限定性modifier，对它所修饰的对象起某种限定的作用.比如这里，Herman Melville对the author起限定作用，说明到底是哪个author。非限定性modifier，对它所修饰的对象起补充说明的作用.比如在B选项中，the author只是补充说明HM是个作家。两者的区别就在于是否使用逗号，如果是前者，不能使用，后者相反。因此在B选项中，应该改为“Herman Melville, the author, and Walt Whitman, the poet,”  而D选项则应去掉逗号，即正确选项A。

思维点评：
1，看了大家的回复，都是通过职称前是否有定冠词不定冠词或形容词等等判断的，看来语法笔记的知识记得很清楚O(∩_∩)O Aeo的神作对大家影响颇深。从这个角度，或是从题目点评中的角度判断都是正确的哈，就如同数学题一样，答案只有一个，可是方法可以有很多种。

2，“are great icons 中的great和后半句的greatly有重复”——clover033
“C中great与greatly重复”——UlysessHope
这里并不是跟未划线部分出现的greatly重复，而是原句根本木有要表达“伟大的象征/代表”这样的意思，仅仅是说这两人是美国文化的代表。

3，“C:great和icon重复”——innerwarrior
O(∩_∩)O这个见解很新颖噢，的确great可以当名词表示伟人的意思，我们在写作中或者口语中，这两个词语互换不会什么问题，但是在GMAT SC里面，如果选项用great 代替icon是不ok的，除非别的选项都有明显错误哈。

4，“beloved此处是什么词性呢？？？”——nhelpn
“beloved是动词被动语态，beloved by...”——naiwm009
这里是过去分词做状语，修饰主语。那为啥不是被动语态呢？我们可以倒推着来解释，如果是被动语态的话，就默认了逗号后省略了主语，也就是变成了逗号连接两个整句~ 所以只有可能是状语，虽然位置也不是很好，但它是对的，也不太会引起歧义，文学总不能是被一直钟爱的吧.........

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nhelpn

A
beloved此处是什么词性呢？？？

naiwm009

beloved是动词被动语态，beloved by...

jeforever

答案: A

B: 如OG中所提到過的"Jazz pianist and composer Thelonious Monk" 一樣, 形容詞the author & the poet應該放在名詞的後面. 否則模糊修飾! 排除!
C: the author NAMED......the poet NAMED... wordy.
D: 使用限定性THE 後面是不用加逗號的, 此句有改變句意之嫌, 好像變成the author & the poet 是icons.
E: had been icons 時態錯誤

clover033

B
A. the author and the poet are icons, 没有特殊性。icons是Herman & Walt Whitman,而不是随便的作家和诗人；
C. 同A；并且are great icons 中的great和后半句的greatly有重复；
D. 同A；
E. 用过去完成时态不对。

leo5702

23. The author Herman Melville and thepoet Walt Whitman are icons of American literature, greatly beloved bygenerations past and present.
        A       The author Herman Melville and the poetWalt Whitman are icons(correct)
        B       Herman Melville the author and WaltWhitman the poet are icons
        C       The author named Herman Melville and thepoet named Walt Whitman are great icons(wordy)
        D      The author, Herman Melville, and the poet,Walt Whitman, are icons()
        E       Herman Melville, the author, and Walt Whitman, the poet, had been icons

-- by 会员 毛毛carina (2011/10/10 9:36:52)

这个题应该是考title的，附上一个nn的小结，希望对大家有用。

当描述某人职称时，放在句首没有冠词时，直接和人名连用，不用逗号隔开。 Eg  Jazz pianist and composer Thelonious Monk….

当用定冠词第一次介绍某人时不用逗号隔开。  Eg  The author….

当职务名称有不定冠词时，实际作同位语理解，用逗号隔开。

Eg  A jazz pianist and composer, Thelonious Monk…

若是形容词，用逗号隔开，表示形作状的成分。  Eg  Creative and original, Thelonious Monk…

jj449

A
这算是习语吗？

innerwarrior

23. The author Herman Melville and the poet Walt Whitman are icons of American literature, greatly beloved bygenerations past and present.
       A       The author Herman Melville and the poetWalt Whitman are icons
       B       Herman Melville the author and WaltWhitman the poet are icons
       C       The author named Herman Melville and thepoet named Walt Whitman are great icons
       D      The author, Herman Melville, and the poet,Walt Whitman, are icons
       E       Herman Melville, the author, and Walt Whitman, the poet, had been icons

这题貌似挺简单的。
作者HM和诗人WW是美国文学的标志，被过去和现在的世人所喜爱
选A
B读法不通
C:great和icon重复
D：逗号太多。。。
E，同B，且had been用法错误。

daisyの小夢想

23. The author Herman Melville and thepoet Walt Whitman are icons of American literature, greatly beloved bygenerations past and present.
        A       The author Herman Melville and the poetWalt Whitman are icons(correct)
        B       Herman Melville the author and WaltWhitman the poet are icons
        C       The author named Herman Melville and thepoet named Walt Whitman are great icons(wordy)
        D      The author, Herman Melville, and the poet,Walt Whitman, are icons()
        E       Herman Melville, the author, and Walt Whitman, the poet, had been icons

-- by 会员 毛毛carina (2011/10/10 9:36:52)

这个题应该是考title的，附上一个nn的小结，希望对大家有用。

当描述某人职称时，放在句首没有冠词时，直接和人名连用，不用逗号隔开。 Eg  Jazz pianist and composer Thelonious Monk….

当用定冠词第一次介绍某人时不用逗号隔开。  Eg  The author….

当职务名称有不定冠词时，实际作同位语理解，用逗号隔开。

Eg  A jazz pianist and composer, Thelonious Monk…

若是形容词，用逗号隔开，表示形作状的成分。  Eg  Creative and original, Thelonious Monk…

-- by 会员 leo5702 (2011/10/10 10:12:04)

同意。选A。
在“当用定冠词第一次介绍某人时不用逗号隔开。  Eg  The author….”补充一个第二次介绍的情况：
if you have already introduced two or more people, but you are using"THE (description) to single out one of them, then you DO use a comma.

example：
Amongher friends were an author and a painter; the author, Ernest Hemingway, went onto become an icon of American literature.
--> we've already introduced "theauthor"; this time we use a comma to single him out.

bonfin

23. The author Herman Melville and thepoet Walt Whitman are icons of American literature, greatly beloved bygenerations past and present.
        A       The author Herman Melville and the poetWalt Whitman are icons(correct)
        B       Herman Melville the author and WaltWhitman the poet are icons
        C       The author named Herman Melville and thepoet named Walt Whitman are great icons(wordy)
        D      The author, Herman Melville, and the poet,Walt Whitman, are icons()
        E       Herman Melville, the author, and Walt Whitman, the poet, had been icons

-- by 会员 毛毛carina (2011/10/10 9:36:52)

这个题应该是考title的，附上一个nn的小结，希望对大家有用。

当描述某人职称时，放在句首没有冠词时，直接和人名连用，不用逗号隔开。 Eg  Jazz pianist and composer Thelonious Monk….

当用定冠词第一次介绍某人时不用逗号隔开。  Eg  The author….

当职务名称有不定冠词时，实际作同位语理解，用逗号隔开。

Eg  A jazz pianist and composer, Thelonious Monk…

若是形容词，用逗号隔开，表示形作状的成分。  Eg  Creative and original, Thelonious Monk…

-- by 会员 leo5702 (2011/10/10 10:12:04)

同意。选A。
在“当用定冠词第一次介绍某人时不用逗号隔开。  Eg  The author….”补充一个第二次介绍的情况：
if you have already introduced two or more people, but you are using"THE (description) to single out one of them, then you DO use a comma.

example：
Amongher friends were an author and a painter; the author, Ernest Hemingway, went onto become an icon of American literature.
--> we've already introduced "theauthor"; this time we use a comma to single him out.

-- by 会员 daisyの小夢想 (2011/10/10 14:57:52)

同选A
根据上面的小结可以否定D、E。
其次C中的named比较啰嗦，可以去掉，否定C。
当名词作形容词修饰另外一个名词时，修饰词放在前面，被修饰词放在后面，重心是被修饰词。这就是A和B的区别。所以根据逻辑意思选A。

再补充一点：E还错在时态，除非有明确的时间表明动作发生在某一过去的时间之前，否则不能用过去完成时。（还有C莫名加了一个great，这个算挑刺了。。。）