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蓝羽

请教valarie：

什么能用所有格形式？国家、州、动物、名词（房子、车）用所有格表达符不符合ETS的语法表达？

leeon

To：joe11,大家一起努力吧，这次一定将ETS斩落马下。

名词所有格原本应该是用在有生命的东西才可以这么用的，不过后面很多的题将这一点推翻，OG上面解释也没有特别指出名词+‘s表达错误，比如

2. Since 1981, when the farm depression began, the number of acres overseen by professional farm-management companies have grown from 48 million to nearly 59 million, an area that is about Colorado's size.

(A)  have grown from 48 million to nearly 59 million, an area that is about Colorado's size

(B)   have grown from 48 million to nearly 59 million, about the size of Colorado

(C)  has grown from 48 million to nearly 59 million, an area about the size of Colorado

(D)  has grown from 48 million up to nearly 59 million, an area about the size of Colorado's

(E)   has grown from 48 million up to nearly 59 million, about Colorado's size

In choice C, the best answer, an area about the size of Colorado clearly describes a rough equivalence between the area of Colorado and the area overseen by the companies. In A and B, the plural verb have does not agree with the singular subject number. Choice A is also wordy, since that is can be deleted without loss of clarity. The absence of an area in B and E impairs clarity: the phrase beginning with about must modify a noun such as area that is logically equivalent to the number of acres given. In D and E up to is unidiomatic; the correct expres­sion is from x to y. In D, the size of Colorado's is unidiomatic, since of Colorado forms a complete possessive.

sally81

严重感谢joe11，我就是想要这样的中文解释，那些英文解释就是转不过来。谢谢你的耐心！！

但是第一题中，我的那本语法书上写，propose的主语是人的时候就用 虚拟语气（动词原型）主语是物就不是。可是这个主语可以当STH 啊！

leeon

propose并不要求用虚拟语气，另外第一题ETS解释有误，更新解释在语法区，MM可以搜索一下。

valarie

以下是引用蓝羽在2004-10-9 5:27:00的发言：

请教valarie：

什么能用所有格形式？国家、州、动物、名词（房子、车）用所有格表达符不符合ETS的语法表达？

我不明白你具体指的是什么，国家？国家的什么？ 如China's economy 就可以。China's people就不可以，要说Chinese (my view) 不过我其实没有总结过。但是象leeon说的，an size of Cororado's is not right in GMAT because of the redundant. 还有象a classmate of Leeon's is redundant too.

joe11

看来所有格形式不能深究。如果遇见了要多转转脑筋才行。

Leeon,

OG.164. As stated in the explanation, option A is incorrect in part because the
relative clause "which could be open to the public early next year" has no
logical referent. In option E, however, the problem with the relative clause
is less clear. While the referent for "which" is slightly ambiguous, it is
overstating the case somewhat to claim that this phrasing "seriously
distorts meaning," and we should have chosen another aspect of the option to
emphasize in explaining why it is incorrect. In this case, the use of "is to
be" creates a more obvious and important grammatical error. We will consider
revising this explanation when a new edition of the Guide is produced, and
we appreciate your bringing this matter to our attention.

http://forum.chasedream.com/dispbbs.asp?boardid=23&star=9&replyid=575763&id=53201&skin=0&page=1

Go to Page 9.

joe11

To Sally and 蓝羽

Use the following link to check og141,og164(大全714),og184(大全131)

http://forum.chasedream.com/dispbbs.asp?BoardID=23&ID=67795

Leeon:

  I searched Google and found that the usuage of "Propose" is very versatile.

  Studies Propose that depression Increases risk of dying for heart failure patients.

  hil Handler, then president of the National Academy of Sciences, testified in Congress to the same effect in 1980. ‘‘What right,’’ Handler asked, ‘‘has the federal government to propose that the American people conduct a vast nutritional experiment, with themselves as subjects, on the strength of so very little evidence that it will do them any good?’’  (NY Times)

The writer-directors propose that the real reason for the war in Iraq is an organized two-decade-old neo-conservative post-cold-war master plan to "take over the world," as Norman Mailer says on screen. (NY Times)

Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary:

  The committee proposed (建议提议) that new legislation should be drafted.

  I propose(计划打算) an early start tomorrow.

  I propose(计划打算) to make an early start tomorrow.

  I propose(计划打算) making an early start tomorrow.

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Conclusion:

  propose 当作“建议提议”讲时，propose that 后的should 可省略，也可以不省略。

大家快讨论一下。先谢过。

  

leeon

To joe11,I think your conclusion about "propose" is no problem,

for example:

Newton proposed that heavenly and terrestrial motion could be unified with the idea of gravity.

The report proposes that students be allowed to work off their debt through community service...

When some words such as "propose" "mandate" "demand" "require" mean " 命令，要求", the sentence that the words included should be used subjunctive mood.

leeon

I just concluded the reason of the first failure and thought that I should improve my reading comprehension skills. During the following time, I will put most of my time to the reading comprehension. If someone likes to talk about  the RC questions and the effective ways in GMAT reading, you may contact me or put all the questions in the following fields. It's my pleasure to try to improve RC level together with u.

leeon

A good question from LSAT to share:

Most parents who are generous are good parents, but some self-centered parents are also good parents. Yet all good parents share one characteristic: they are good listeners.

If all of the statements in the passage are true, which one of the following must also be true?

(A) All parents who are good listeners are good parents.

(B) Some parents who are good listeners are not good parent.

(C) Most parents who are good listeners are generous.

(D) Some parents who are good listeners are self-centered.

(E) Fewer self-centered parents than generous parents are good listeners.