【已解决】再问OG12-43 C选项

qiaowin88637

【已解决】根据所有many of them与many of whom正确句子总结出的原则：
many of them 和many of whom/which 是可以互换的，两者皆没有错误。
区别在于作同位语时many of them后面不能出现谓语动词，而many of whom/which之后必须有谓语才能构成完整的定语从句。
例句集合：http://forum.chasedream.com/GMAT_SC/thread-456802-1-1.html

43.Laos has a land area about the same as Great Britain but only four million in population, where many are members of hill tribes ensconced in the virtually inaccessible mountain valleys of the north.(A)    about the same as Great Britain but only four million in population, where many
(B)    of about the same size as Great Britain is, but in Laos there is a population of only four million, and many
(C)    that is about the same size as Great Britain's land area, but in Laos with a population of only four million people, many of them
(D)    comparable to the size of Great Britain, but only four million in population, and many
(E)    comparable to that of Great Britain but a population of only four million people, many of whom
OA: E

第一个问题
C选项错误，OG说them指代不明。
但them只有可能指代four million people啊？为什么说指代不明呢

看了论坛上能搜到的全部帖子，还是不明白OG的意思

http://www.manhattangmat.com/forums/laos-has-a-land-area-t5749.html
这个帖子里RON没有正面回答这个问题，而stacey说

Quote:

The OG suggested that in C "the reference of them is unclear" would you please explain how?

What is "them" referring to? It can't be referring to either country; a country would take a singular pronoun. Logically, it should be referring to Laotians, or Laotian people... but those words are not in the sentence.

她直接用一个those words are not in the sentence就回避了，但是C中明明有！！


第二个问题
我们看一下C的结构：SVO, but + 介词（in） ..., SVO
这个结构到底是不是RUN-ON呢？”,but“后面是否一定要接clause呢？

OG12-116正确句子：
Mauritius was a British colony for almost 200 years, but expect in the domains of  administration and teaching,  the  English  language was never really spoken on the island.

这里也是一模一样的SVO, but + 介词 (except in)..., SVO

是不是真的可以这样用呢？

麻烦大家了楼主快疯掉了T T

superbat28

先说第二个问题，我觉得是可以的。其实就相当于一个句子【介宾短语作状语，主谓宾】这样的句型。只不过你是需要一个but来把这个句子，和前一个主句连接起来，形成复合句。

比如我们常说,During the 18 centuries, the British were very powerful. 只不过，在前面加个but的话，这整个句子就可以和另一个句子组合起来了。

所以针对第一个问题，我觉得them作为主语里的一部分，就不是很方便再去指代【介宾短语】里的名词了，可以说这个代词和介宾短语里的宾语，就不算是在一个层级之上的两个词了。

vaneliu

我只能说，第一个问题，在有them和whom的同时，用whom会更指代清晰一些吧！
第二个问题，SVO，介词短语，SVO 的形式，我觉得肯定是没错的！所以E只是比C更好而已。

vaneliu

FIY,楼主有仔细看这个吗？？原来是C表达的不简洁啊！

A few things:

First of all, we have some concision issues at the outset:
"that is about the same size..." unnecessarily inserts a new tensed version of "to be." This is a violation of our Concision Pattern #6.

We then have a repetitiveness issue. C repeats the words "land area." While this is certainly clear, it is repetitive. E replaces the second "land area" with the word "that," our "new copy" pronoun.

Finally, C repeats "Laos" again. This is unnecessary.

qiaowin88637

vaneliu 谢谢你的回复。 我看了那个解释，知道C有重复的问题。 但是OG上面没说，就只说了一句them的指代，所以让我一直不停的纠结那个问题。。

qiaowin88637

先说第二个问题，我觉得是可以的。其实就相当于一个句子【介宾短语作状语，主谓宾】这样的句型。只不过你是需要一个but来把这个句子，和前一个主句连接起来，形成复合句。

比如我们常说,During the 18 centuries, the British were very powerful. 只不过，在前面加个but的话，这整个句子就可以和另一个句子组合起来了。

所以针对第一个问题，我觉得them作为主语里的一部分，就不是很方便再去指代【介宾短语】里的名词了，可以说这个代词和介宾短语里的宾语，就不算是在一个层级之上的两个词了。

-- by 会员 superbat28 (2012/4/30 21:00:22)

谢谢斑斑。但我还是觉得那个贴子里的Tim解释好牵强，现在也没有找到什么好的例子来证明them作主语可以指代插入语里的介宾。等我去大全里找一找再来

单调唱

http://forum.chasedream.com/GMAT_SC/thread-456802-1-1.html

关于many of them 和many of whom的贴~楼主看看，我也刚翻到，现在来看！！

楼主真细心。。。我惭愧呀，看了两三遍OG，很多楼主注意到了的问题，我都没注意。向楼主学习~~

qiaowin88637

一起学习啦~~ 我也许是有强迫症，每个选项里的所有错误都想揪出来。。  

这道题的问题我觉得不会这么简单，等我做了大全再找例题讨论插入语指代这种情况

guni霖

那D错是因为but没有Parallelism吗？

yyviolin

D当中的and改变了原句的合理重心