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calista5133

A firm that specializes in the analysis of handwriting claims from a one-page writing sample that it can assess more than three hundred personality traits, including enthusiasm, imagination, and ambition.

(A)   from a one-page writing sample that it can assess.

(B)    from a one-page writing sample it has the abil­ity of assessing

(C)   the ability, from a one-page writing sample, of assessing

(D)   to be able, from a one-page writing sample, to assess

(E)    being able to assess, from a one-page writing sample,

the answer is right ,but why Choice C repeats this second fault and uses the unidiomatic claims the ability?isn't it right to say claim sth ?

rhod

From Longman:

1 ▶TRUTH◀

[transitive]to state that something is true, even though it has not been proved
claim (that)
- The company claims that their product 'makes you thin without dieting'.
claim to do/be something
- No responsible therapist will claim to cure your insomnia.I don't claim to be a feminist, but I'd like to see more women in managerial posts.
claim to have done something
- Two young girls claim to have seen the fairies.
claim responsibility/credit (for something) (=say officially that you are responsible for something that has happened)
- The group claimed responsibility for a series of bombings.Opposition leaders will claim victory if the turnout is lower than 50%.
claim somebody/something as something
- A letter appeared in The Times claiming Fleming as the discoverer of penicillin.

likui

首先E，出现being，排除；

A，B 新东方老师说：“不能从一张纸上来宣称”，我认为理由不充分，先放一下；

C the ability，即便用也是the ability to do sth. （同理排除B） 而且根据优选顺序can/be able to>the ability to do sth. 排除C

再看A，can 表示一种可能性，概率；而be able to表示具体的能力，所以选C，

而且A这里的it有指代不清的嫌疑。

yuanrui82491

以下是引用calista5133在2004-10-10 11:56:00的发言：

A firm that specializes in the analysis of handwriting claims from a one-page writing sample that it can assess more than three hundred personality traits, including enthusiasm, imagination, and ambition.

(A)   from a one-page writing sample that it can assess.

(B)    from a one-page writing sample it has the abil­ity of assessing

(C)   the ability, from a one-page writing sample, of assessing

(D)   to be able, from a one-page writing sample, to assess

(E)    being able to assess, from a one-page writing sample,

the answer is right ,but why Choice C repeats this second fault and uses the unidiomatic claims the ability?isn't it right to say claim sth ?

the ability, from a one-page writing sample, of assessing             the ability of 的用法错在哪里   有没有这种表达法呀  ? 请nn帮助  谢谢   

zhuzhu1973

A为什么错?一直没搞明白.

zhuzhu1973

up

三脚猫

1、Ａ　我认为从句意上理解，from短语应该放在that之后。

2、ability to do sth

3、根据大全987，答案应为Ｄ

lapoo

以下是引用三脚猫在2005-1-29 22:22:00的发言：

1、Ａ　我认为从句意上理解，from短语应该放在that之后。

就是A中的it指代不清了？

colacat

应该不是指代的问题

OG上说 In A, placing that after sample rather than after claims produces that unintended statement that the claim itself is made on the basis of a single on-page writing sample.

所以XDF老师说的不能从一张纸上声明

其实可以理解为，这个公司基于一张单页纸上声明说...。就是

from a one-page writing sample 修饰的是claim

但是实际上应该是修饰 assess

[此贴子已经被作者于2005-2-7 19:20:21编辑过]

peajack

对，A项的from位置不对，产生歧义。

ability of doing 我认为不对， ability of + 我体本身。 such as ： ability of soil to hold water.

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