prep07 sc-64 旧题新问-一个没搜到的小语法点

softwhisper87

Recently documented examples of neurogenesis, the production of new brain cells, include the brain growing in mice when placed in a stimulating environment or neurons increasing in canaries that learn new songs.  
A. the brain growing in mice when placed in a stimulating environment or neurons increasing in canaries that  
B. mice whose brains grow when they are placed in a stimulating environment or canaries whose neurons increase when they  
C. mice's brains that grow when they are placed in a stimulating environment or canaries' neurons that increase when they  
D. the brain growth in mice when placed in a stimulating environment or the increase in canaries' neurons when they  
E. brain growth in mice that are placed in a stimulating environment or an increase in neurons in canaries that  
答案：E

这道题选E，但是brain growth in mice 和an increase in neurons in canaries 不会不平衡么？不应该是neurons increase in canaries么？
本来想选E结果以为不平衡排除了。。求助！

muzisun

同问....没搜到这个题的帖子..

mmmeg

同问

VickyCheung1944

再顶上来，同问！笔记中的解释是that引导定语从句修饰mice和canary是正确的，但是M的SC中讲在介词短语中touch rule不一定管用，要看介词之前的那个noun，那么按理说that引导的从句也是修饰brain growth的，而不是mice和canary！

alzn2765

GMAT的句子有一个核心原则：不能引起歧义。
这句话如果结构平行当然最好，除非——结构平行会引起歧义。
increase本身既可以做名词，也可以做动词。
如果句子写成：brain growth in mice that are placed in a stimulating environment or neurons increase in canaries that...
会不会让人有increase此处是动词的误判呢？会的。如果increase是动词，那么or前后就不平行了（名词词组和句子）。
而写成：brain growth in mice that are placed in a stimulating environment or an increase in neurons in canaries that形式，increase一定是名词，那么or前后都是名词词组，一定是平行的。

吉曼特托夫

楼上好解释

sylvia2014

我选的C，笔记上说“代词they分别就近指代brains和neurons,导致逻辑意思错误”

mice's brains that grow when they are placed in a stimulating environment or canaries' neurons that increase when they

我觉得第一个that指代mice's brain 第二个指代canaries' neurons没问题啊？