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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,
答案是C，可是我的问题是GMAT里面，which/that 引导定语从句，先行词不是说指他们前面的一个词吗，这里that的先行词是conversation，但题目本意是说radio代替了telephone，所以先行词应该是radio呀，这不是和GMAT的规律矛盾了吗？

苏木苏木

做了gwd再倒回头来看prep和og之后个人觉得这个规律其实没有那么绝对。。这个里面 for private conversation 可以看作是修饰a tool的介词短语，然后that跳跃修饰a tool，这意思上就说的通了。后来看过不少that和which跳过介词短语修饰前面的名词的（要是我没记错的话），有一道貌似就是（不记得那个noun.是什么了。。）noun. in the country, which...，which就跳跃修饰了那个noun.。我的理解是把noun.+介词短语看成一个整体，那that/which修饰这个整体自然就是修饰这个整体的中心名词了。
个人愚见。。lz不要尽信，做题的时候留个心眼看看合不合用。。