求问一道prep07的语法题······

呆牛牛

  p1-sc      69.   (28225-!-item-!-188;#058&003542)

The proliferation ofso-called cybersquatters, people who register the Internet domain names ofhigh-profile companies in hopes of reselling the rights to those names for aprofit, led to passing the Anti-Cybersquatting Consumer Protection Act in1999, allowing companies to seek up to $100,000 in damages against those whoregister domain names with the sole intent of selling them later.

(A) passing theAnti-Cybersquatting Consumer Protection Act in 1999, allowing companies to seekup to $100,000 in damages against those who register domain names with the soleintent of selling
(B) the passage of theAnti-Cybersquatting Consumer Protection Act in 1999, which allows companies toseek up to $100,000 in damages against those who register domain names with thesole intent that they will sell
(C) the passage in 1999of the Anti-Cybersquatting Consumer Protection Act, which allows companies toseek up to $100,000 in damages against those who register domain names with thesole intent ofselling
(D) theAnti-Cybersquatting Consumer Protection Act, which was passed in 1999, and itallows companies to seek up to $100,000 in damages against those who registerdomain names with the sole intent to sell
(E) the Anti-CybersquattingConsumer Protection Act, passed in 1999 and allowing companies to seek up to$100,000 in damages against those who register domain names with the soleintent of selling
这道题选C，但我不明白in 1999的问题，语法笔记上说A，B中in 1999都有修饰的奇异，既可以修饰passage又可以修饰Act，请问修饰Act是什么意思呢，我总感觉C中的位置才怪怪的，求解啊···谢！！！！！

slr257

意思就是GMAC自己其实很多时候也不清楚！在所有选项都不完美的情况之下，选择更加说得过去的！这道题在08里是是没有的，可能GMAC自己也意识到这题太烂，后来就拿下了。。。。

呆牛牛

意思就是GMAC自己其实很多时候也不清楚！在所有选项都不完美的情况之下，选择更加说得过去的！这道题在08里是是没有的，可能GMAC自己也意识到这题太烂，后来就拿下了。。。。

-- by 会员 slr257 (2012/10/16 21:05:38)

额···不是吧···那岂不是不要做07了····

DUKB24

in 1999 should modify led to the passage ; a verb modifier that states when the passage was led

when u place in 1999 close to Act , it seems that you are using in 1999 to act as a noun modifier to modifier Act ( Act that was in 1999)


you are creating an ambiguity for placing in 1999 at the end of the sentence， which can actually have two possible items to modify（passage？ or act？）

mjiehu

passage in 1999 of xxx
1999紧跟passage，passage of xxx

说明这个passage是在1999，后面的of是跟passage的

没有歧义

呆牛牛

in 1999 should modify led to the passage ; a verb modifier that states when the passage was led

when u place in 1999 close to Act , it seems that you are using in 1999 to act as a noun modifier to modifier Act ( Act that was in 1999)


you are creating an ambiguity for placing in 1999 at the end of the sentence， which can actually have two possible items to modify（passage？ or act？）

-- by 会员 DUKB24 (2012/10/16 22:58:45)

190. (GWD-28-Q24)Until the passage of the Piracy andCounterfeiting Amendments Act in 1982, a first-time charge of copyrightinfringement was merely a misdemeanor charge, federal prosecutors beingunlikely in pursuing criminal copyright infringers, while offenders weresubject to relatively small penalties.

A.      charge,federal prosecutors being unlikely in pursuing criminal copyright infringers,while offenders were
B.      charge,with federal prosecutors who were unlikely to pursue criminal copyrightinfringers, offenders being
C.      charge,federal prosecutors unlikely to pursue criminal copyright infringers, whileoffenders were
D.       charge; therefore, federal prosecutors wereunlikely in pursuing criminal copyright infringers and offenders being   (E)
E.       charge;therefore, federal prosecutors were unlikely to pursue criminal copyrightinfringers, and offenders were
请看这道题的原句，这样用是不是也产生了歧义呢

mjiehu

until

DUKB24

in 1999 should modify led to the passage ; a verb modifier that states when the passage was led

when u place in 1999 close to Act , it seems that you are using in 1999 to act as a noun modifier to modifier Act ( Act that was in 1999)


you are creating an ambiguity for placing in 1999 at the end of the sentence， which can actually have two possible items to modify（passage？ or act？）

-- by 会员 DUKB24 (2012/10/16 22:58:45)

190. (GWD-28-Q24)Until the passage of the Piracy andCounterfeiting Amendments Act in 1982, a first-time charge of copyrightinfringement was merely a misdemeanor charge, federal prosecutors beingunlikely in pursuing criminal copyright infringers, while offenders weresubject to relatively small penalties.

A.      charge,federal prosecutors being unlikely in pursuing criminal copyright infringers,while offenders were
B.      charge,with federal prosecutors who were unlikely to pursue criminal copyrightinfringers, offenders being
C.      charge,federal prosecutors unlikely to pursue criminal copyright infringers, whileoffenders were
D.       charge; therefore, federal prosecutors wereunlikely in pursuing criminal copyright infringers and offenders being   (E)
E.       charge;therefore, federal prosecutors were unlikely to pursue criminal copyrightinfringers, and offenders were
请看这道题的原句，这样用是不是也产生了歧义呢

-- by 会员 呆牛牛 (2012/10/17 18:05:58)

yes  u r right


and you also point the most annoying yet interesting point in GMAT SC


the GMAT official sometimes is inconsistent in the explanation and problems （ especially when it comes to pronoun ambiguity issue）


so ，here are the few tips：


for non-underlined portions， what you need to do is to figure out why this portion should be right .. but sometimes this part is poorly written(like the example you raise and also many examples about pronoun issues and others), you should acknowlege this error but tolerate it ... since those poorly written sentences are also accepted by the authority， you should accpeted this sorts of ambiguity as well（followed the thingking pattern of these officials ）


for underlined portion， you should look for the splits to figure out what is being tested here


like the example above，the placement of modifier is actually split， here you should think that you are probably being test a point that modifier should be placed closely to the intended noun（ otherwise，it will change/obsure/distort the meaning or even render illogical meaning）
the placement of modifier is an issue frequently being tested by the GMAT， so you should be confident when finding this split


the same also applies to pronoun ambiguity， just look for the splits to guide you


the clue for solving the problem will always be buried in the five answer choices

呆牛牛

in 1999 should modify led to the passage ; a verb modifier that states when the passage was led

when u place in 1999 close to Act , it seems that you are using in 1999 to act as a noun modifier to modifier Act ( Act that was in 1999)


you are creating an ambiguity for placing in 1999 at the end of the sentence， which can actually have two possible items to modify（passage？ or act？）

-- by 会员 DUKB24 (2012/10/16 22:58:45)

190. (GWD-28-Q24)Until the passage of the Piracy andCounterfeiting Amendments Act in 1982, a first-time charge of copyrightinfringement was merely a misdemeanor charge, federal prosecutors beingunlikely in pursuing criminal copyright infringers, while offenders weresubject to relatively small penalties.

A.      charge,federal prosecutors being unlikely in pursuing criminal copyright infringers,while offenders were
B.      charge,with federal prosecutors who were unlikely to pursue criminal copyrightinfringers, offenders being
C.      charge,federal prosecutors unlikely to pursue criminal copyright infringers, whileoffenders were
D.       charge; therefore, federal prosecutors wereunlikely in pursuing criminal copyright infringers and offenders being   (E)
E.       charge;therefore, federal prosecutors were unlikely to pursue criminal copyrightinfringers, and offenders were
请看这道题的原句，这样用是不是也产生了歧义呢

-- by 会员 呆牛牛 (2012/10/17 18:05:58)

yes  u r right


and you also point the most annoying yet interesting point in GMAT SC


the GMAT official sometimes is inconsistent in the explanation and problems （ especially when it comes to pronoun ambiguity issue）


so ，here are the few tips：


for non-underlined portions， what you need to do is to figure out why this portion should be right .. but sometimes this part is poorly written(like the example you raise and also many examples about pronoun issues and others), you should acknowlege this error but tolerate it ... since those poorly written sentences are also accepted by the authority， you should accpeted this sorts of ambiguity as well（followed the thingking pattern of these officials ）


for underlined portion， you should look for the splits to figure out what is being tested here


like the example above，the placement of modifier is actually split， here you should think that you are probably being test a point that modifier should be placed closely to the intended noun（ otherwise，it will change/obsure/distort the meaning or even render illogical meaning）
the placement of modifier is an issue frequently being tested by the GMAT， so you should be confident when finding this split


the same also applies to pronoun ambiguity， just look for the splits to guide you


the clue for solving the problem will always be buried in the five answer choices

-- by 会员 DUKB24 (2012/10/17 20:33:28)

非常感谢，好详细，好感动~~~~~~~~~~~~~好人~~~~~~~~~~~~~·喵

stt300

UP！UP！hope more CDers see this topic and find the most efficient ways to solve the SC questions!