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Marconi's conception of the radio was as a substitute for the telephone, a tool for private conversation; instead, it is precisely the opposite, a tool for communicating with a large, public audience.

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Prep 171 代词问题

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发表于 2013-5-1 12:26:40 | 只看该作者 回帖奖励 |倒序浏览 |阅读模式
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Marconi's conception of the radio was as a substitute for the telephone, a tool for private conversation; instead, it is precisely the opposite, a tool for communicating with a large, public audience.
A. Marconi's conception of the radio was as a substitute for the telephone, a tool for private conversation; instead, it is
B. Marconi conceived of the radio as a substitute for the telephone, a tool for private conversation, but which is
C. Marconi conceived of the radio as a tool for private conversation that could substitute for the telephone; instead, it has become
D. Marconi conceived of the radio to be a tool for private conversation, a substitute for the telephone, which has become
E. Marconi conceived of the radio to be a substitute for the telephone, a tool for private conversation, other than what it is,

其他选项都明白排除点了,就是不理解正确选项C中it指代radio这点。逻辑上确实it是指radio,但是为何没有就近指代telephone的歧义呢?而且两个分句也不是主从句,radio也不是第一个句子的主语。离得如此远,为何可以这样指代呢?

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发表于 2013-5-1 19:58:13 | 只看该作者
不排除有指代telephone 的嫌疑,但是句子逻辑清楚,manhattan也说了,轻度的pronoun ambiguity是允许的
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发表于 2013-5-2 09:22:34 | 只看该作者
我只能说,请注意分号的使用,分号前后两个句子相对独立,所以后一句的作主语的代词显然指代前一句的主语或核心名词,这里it显然不能指代人名Marconi,那么就应该优先指代核心词the radio。
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