求大神教蓝皮OG2一道语法题

shangjiongj

While depressed property values can hurt some large investors, they are potentially devastating for homeowners, whose equity—in many cases representing a life’s savings—can plunge or even disappear.

(A)they are potentially devastating for homeowners, whose

(B)they can potentially devastate homeowners in that their

(C)for homeowners they are potentially devastating, because their

(D)for homeowners, it is potentially devastating in that their

(E)it can potentially devastate homeowners, whose

正确答案是A。我觉得那个they指代不清。我情愿选C啊。谢谢大家

bejamin1111

they指代depressed property values，因为they和depressed property values在主从句中都是做主语，所以指代无歧义，anyway，不要把pronoun ambiguity作为splits，适度的指代不清是允许的

shangjiongj

bejamin1111 发表于 2013-6-4 09:29
they指代depressed property values，因为they和depressed property values在主从句中都是做主语，所以指代 ...

谢谢牛人。原来是这样啊，主从句的主语一致的。那看起来A确实优于C

板栗在奋斗

选C就不是一个句子了。

chineuro

怎么会想到选C呢？
1. 如果A的they指代有问题，那C中第一个they指代肯定也一样有问题。
2. C的不可饶恕正是指代不清。they和their指向不同的对象，肯定是有问题的。

shangjiongj

chineuro 发表于 2013-6-4 15:05
怎么会想到选C呢？
1. 如果A的they指代有问题，那C中第一个they指代肯定也一样有问题。
2. C的不可饶恕正是 ...

谢谢，我看了manhattan的说法，你和大神说的一样，一句话里有they和their。指代必须一致。彻底明白了。非常感谢

Hendy

you've got "they" and "their" in the same clause. if you have two or more instances of "they"/"their" in the SAME CLAUSE, then they must stand for the same thing.
this is the problem with (b): the first "they" is trying to stand for "depressed property values", but the second is trying to stand for "homeowners". not ok.