关于指代和从句主谓一致OG12-102 Southwest rainfall

jaggie

As rainfall began to decrease in the Southwest about the middle of the twelfth century, most of the Monument Valley Anasazi abandoned their homes to join other clans whose access to water was less limited.
A.whose access to water was less limited
B.where there was access to water that was less limited
C.where they had less limited water access
D.with less limitations on water access
E.having less limitations to water access

这个是老题了，
C/D 为什么错在http://forum.chasedream.com/thread-509685-1-1.html 里已经有讨论
我的问题是关于正确选项A
这里被修饰的先行词是other clans，复数。
从句主语“这些clans的accesses”应当用"whose accesses to water were  表复数比较好吧？可以接受单数的？那意思就变成了这些clans的一个access？

我当时就这么把A 排掉了。。。

bejamin1111

hey buddy!
Pay attention to the word access , it is uncountable. So there is no such thing as "accessed";
e.g Students have full access to all resources.

jaggie

bejamin1111 发表于 2013-4-8 22:57
hey buddy!
Pay attention to the word access , it is uncountable. So there is no such thing as "acces ...

got it thanks !!!

jaggie

bejamin1111 发表于 2013-4-8 22:57
hey buddy!
Pay attention to the word access , it is uncountable. So there is no such thing as "acces ...

another questions... not sure whether Chase dream allows to ask different questons in one post..

74.Despite its covering the entire planet. Earth has a
crust that is not seamless or stationary, rather it is
fragmented into mobile semirigid plates.
(A) Despite its covering the entire planet, Earth has
a crust that is not seamless or stationary,
rather it is
(C) Despite covering the entire planet, Earth's crust
is neither seamless nor is it stationary, but
rather
(D) Although it covers the entire planet, Earth's
crust is neither seamless nor stationary, but
rather
(E) Although covering the entire planet, Earth has a
crust that is not seamless or stationary, but

E the right answer: Although and But could exist together ??!!

bejamin1111

jaggie 发表于 2013-4-8 23:48
another questions... not sure whether Chase dream allows to ask different questons in one post..

...

where is choice B??

(B) Despite the fact that it covers the entire planet,
Earth's crust is neither seamless nor is it
stationary, but is

hey, man
first of all , we have to differ despite from although;
despite: It is a prep. not a conj. So it should only be followed by a noun;
although: It ia a conj and should be followed by a clause.

so we can eliminate E directly.

then we know that it is the earth's crust instead of the earth itself that covers the planet.

so we eliminate A.

in choice B, "despite the fact that" is wordy! so C &D is left.
in choice C, we must pay attention to the parallelism——neither...nor and "nor is it"makes that parallelism impossible.

So the correct answer is D!

Hope it helps!

jaggie

bejamin1111 发表于 2013-4-9 00:10
where is choice B??

(B) Despite the fact that it covers the entire planet,

sorry.. my typo in previous reply.

I mean in the correct choice E, you will see both ALTHOUGH and BUT

jaggie

jaggie 发表于 2013-4-9 00:34
sorry.. my typo in previous reply.

I mean in the correct choice E, you will see both ALTHOUGH and ...

in correct choice D...

jaggie

jaggie 发表于 2013-4-9 00:34
in correct choice D...

repost the question

74.Despite its covering the entire planet. Earth has a crust that is not seamless or stationary, rather it is fragmented into mobile semirigid plates. A) Despite its covering the entire planet, Earth has a crust that is not seamless or stationary, rather it is (C) Despite covering the entire planet, Earth's crust is neither seamless nor is it stationary, but rather (D) Although it covers the entire planet, Earth's crust is neither seamless nor stationary, but rather (E) Although covering the entire planet, Earth has a crust that is not seamless or stationary, but

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jaggie

难道说这里的but是adv
neither ..nor.. but (rather) ...结构3 平行？