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Shoppers in sporting goods stores, unlike in department stores, do very little impulse shopping, not buying a pair of skis and a boomerang when they come in for a basketball, but they leave with a basketball only.

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PREP08#2 194 only的位置与语义的改变【已解决】

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发表于 2013-5-13 20:30:43 | 只看该作者 回帖奖励 |倒序浏览 |阅读模式
194. (GWD-11-32)
Since 1975 so many people have been moving to Utah such that Mormons who were once 75 percent of the population are now only accounting for half of it.
D.       many people have been moving to Utah such that the Mormons, who once represented 75 percent of the population, now only account for half        
E.        so many people have been moving to Utah that the Mormons, who once represented 75 percent of the population, now account for only half
OA: E

想问一下关于D、E中only位置改变是否产生歧义的问题:
单独抽出关键D、E中的关键部分如下:
D: The Mormons now only account for half of the population.
E: The Mormons now account for only half of the population.

将E中的only从修饰half变为修饰accout for是否会产生句意不清?

manhattan中提到only位置产生歧义是分别在主语与谓语前,如下:
The Mormons now only account for half of the population.
Only the Mormons now account for half of the population.
这样调整位置句意肯定会改变没问题,只是想问问上一组例子中,句意是否会有变化呢?
虽然我自己想了半天觉得应该是不会有变化的(有的话应该也很小吧...),但又不确定...

希望各位CDers能帮忙解惑,非常感谢了~~~

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发表于 2013-5-14 11:09:31 | 只看该作者
jay871750293 发表于 2013-5-14 10:11
非常感谢PPX~  
这道OG的题目only的考点和我遇到的这个问题几乎是一模一样的(看了OG还是没有刷认真啊... ...

其实你可以这样来想:
以OG第五题为例,Only如果修饰动词的话,那可以理解为“只被超过”,这个动词短语。排除了可能还会有其他的动词短语在比较(除了“超过”以外的动词,不需要考虑“被...超过”)。only如果修饰名词短语,则是强调“对象”,即糖尿病被...超过。同样的,排除了可能还会有其他对象在比较(比如,白血病等)。很明显,后面一种解释更加合理。
我在做2007语法笔记的时候,有一道题:
A collection of 38 poems by Phillis Wheatley, a slave, was published in the 1770s, the first book by a Black woman and it was only the second published by an American woman.

A. it was only the second published by an American woman

B. it was only the second that an American woman published

C. the second one only published by an American woman

D. the second one only that an American woman published

E. only the second published by an American woman
这道题,同样是考察only的修饰对象问题。如果选C,那么only 修饰published,说明这本诗集是第二本唯一被出版的,强调“被出版”,那很可能其他黑人妇女也写了书,只是还没有被出版。而E选项,强调“唯一的第二本”,正好也是A选项原来的意思。正确选项E。
沙发
发表于 2013-5-13 21:32:36 | 只看该作者
D: The Mormons now only account for half of the population.
E: The Mormons now account for only half of the population.
这样调整位置句意肯定会改变没问题,只是想问问上一组例子中,句意是否会有变化呢?

这个真没有……
板凳
发表于 2013-5-14 08:37:11 | 只看该作者
D选项中的so many people...such that...是不对的。
即使你只看Only的位置:
D和E选项中,that引导的从句的主语是the Mormons,谓语是account,按照你的解释,那么only的位置就会产生歧义。
地板
发表于 2013-5-14 08:46:59 | 只看该作者
OG12中第5题:
Diabetes, together with its serious complications,
ranks as the nation’s third leading cause of death,
surpassed only by heart disease and cancer.
(A) ranks as the nation’s third leading cause of
death, surpassed only
(B) rank as the nation’s third leading cause of death,
only surpassed
(C) has the rank of the nation’s third leading cause
of death, only surpassed
(D) are the nation’s third leading causes of death,
surpassed only
(E) have been ranked as the nation’s third leading
causes of death, only surpassed
尽管surpass不是作为谓语,比较的对象是diabetes和heart disease and cancer。所以,only 应该修饰后面的名词短语,而不是动词。我觉得这种题,需要弄清楚到底是谁和谁在比较。你引用的那道题,也是在说M人,和50%的人口之间的联系,所以only应该修饰人口,而不是动词!
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 楼主| 发表于 2013-5-14 10:08:02 | 只看该作者
chineuro 发表于 2013-5-13 21:32
D: The Mormons now only account for half of the population.
E: The Mormons now account for only half ...

亲,非常感谢哦~
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 楼主| 发表于 2013-5-14 10:11:21 | 只看该作者
zxppx 发表于 2013-5-14 08:46
OG12中第5题:
Diabetes, together with its serious complications,
ranks as the nation’s third leadin ...

非常感谢PPX~  
这道OG的题目only的考点和我遇到的这个问题几乎是一模一样的(看了OG还是没有刷认真啊...)

看了OG的解释,说only应该是修饰by heart disease and cancer,如果在surpassed之前,“only would more ambiguously limit surpassed”,但是我用语义还是感觉不懂only的歧义...

D is surpassed only by heart disease and cancer. ==>D只被心脏病和癌症超越;
D is only surpassed by heart disease and cancer. ==>D仅仅超越被心脏病和癌症;

感觉PPX亲是通过only逻辑上的修饰对象来判断only的修饰是否错误,但我觉得在考试很短的时间内分析不出来,想用语义来判断歧义又体会不到...
还是很纠结啊...

ANYWAY,非常感谢PPX的回复呀~~
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 楼主| 发表于 2013-5-16 10:41:46 | 只看该作者
zxppx 发表于 2013-5-14 11:09
其实你可以这样来想:
以OG第五题为例,Only如果修饰动词的话,那可以理解为“只被超过”,这个动词短语 ...

谢谢PPX的例题~

有点明白了,还是看only强调的内容,如果是强调动作的唯一性(只有这个动作,没有其他动作),就在V之前,强调N的唯一性也同理~

但关于这道题的E我还是有疑惑,我觉得second已经是有唯一性的含义在里面了,为什么还要在用only强调?难道意思是要排除并列第二的可能吗?
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发表于 2013-5-16 11:27:08 | 只看该作者
jay871750293 发表于 2013-5-16 10:41
谢谢PPX的例题~

有点明白了,还是看only强调的内容,如果是强调动作的唯一性(只有这个动作,没有其他动 ...

用并列来解释可能比较合理:比如还有别的黑人女性也同时出版了她们的书。但这个用中文理解起来确实有些奇怪!
only是修饰整个the second published by an American woman. 应该是要强调出这个“第二的”意思
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 楼主| 发表于 2013-5-16 12:56:24 | 只看该作者
zxppx 发表于 2013-5-16 11:27
用并列来解释可能比较合理:比如还有别的黑人女性也同时出版了她们的书。但这个用中文理解起来确实有些奇 ...

got it~

thank you so much~~~
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