请教OG 244 关于平行结构（OG总结以外），多谢!

nosmoking

以下是引用流沙在2004-8-18 16:43:00的发言：

我的理解是Unlike A，B结构不仅要求AB内容一致，形式也要一致。A说到底还是有歧义，counterpart到底是指men呢还是指men of science呢。

基本同意这种说法，是不是还有一点：通常是主句才用名词，只有状语或从句才用代词指代主句中的名词而没有反过来的情况呢？

这只是一种感觉，希望能得到NN的确认和纠正。

habaosb

其实,这种题目有时候真的要凭感觉的,特别是在实战时:A和原文没有什么区别,E和原文有区别,但是意思差不多,读起来好象也顺一些,所以就选E;至于OG给的解释,估计他也不好说什么具体原因.

如果是OG的明显不对,还是可以驳一驳的

wwwhahchn

我觉得这题E明显优于A

其实，我觉得A也没什么大错，但是没有E好，我们要选的是最优的

billgong

还有一点。but unlike men of science, their female counterparts...中，their还可能指代前文的women scientists。这样的话，就是指代不清了。

dreamerps

同意billgong的观点，这里their好象存在两个指代不明，

1.their可以指代men或者men of science;

2.their也可以指代men of science或者前面的women scientists，

（从答案来看似乎是指代前面的women scientists的~）

所以就造成了指代不明，不知道我理解的对不对~~

ustoday

我也正有這個想法 雖然 ,but 左右都是獨立的子句 但是他們的代詞指代是不是仍然要一致

(不像";" 左右兩邊的代詞可以指代不同名詞)

z520m

their在一句中要指代相同事务，这里显然A中的their不是指代前面的women scientists.所以A错

chinni

以下是引用z520m在2005-8-26 17:10:00的发言：
their在一句中要指代相同事务，这里显然A中的their不是指代前面的women scientists.所以A错

the whole sentence is :

Like their……，women scientists are……，but unlike……,their XX have had to work

so there is very clear, z520m is right.

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TonyTu

Guys & Gals,

I think "their" in choice A can only refer to the subject of the previous sentence, i.e. woman scientists; So "their female counterpart" would be equivalent to "woman scientists' female counterpart", which does NOT make any sense whatsoever!

Let me try to elaborate my point with this example:

Like men, women are smart, but unlike men, they are less physical.

What do you think about "they" in this example?

A). clearly refers to "men".

B). clearly refers to "women".

C). is ambiguous

Please make your choice.

bygone

I dunno agree with liusha's point.If u google some sentences with both "unlike" and "counterparts" as key words, u can find a lot of the "Unlike A，B"-patterned sentences that do not require A and B to parallel in format. Therefore, I would rather argue that Anwer A suffers from an error of inprecise referrence .