问个小白问题~~关于it指代OG12 67

darkritual

67.  Affording strategic proximity to the Strait of Gibraltar,
Morocco was also of interest to the French throughout
the first half of the twentieth century because they
assumed that if they did not hold it, their grip on
Algeria was always insecure.

这里
(B)  without it their grip on Algeria would never
be secure
(C)  their grip on Algeria was not ever secure if they
did not hold it

为什么B里面的it就没有指代问题而C里面的就有指代问题呢？
C ：pronoun it is ambiguous and could refer to
either Morocco or Algeria.

问这种白痴问题我都觉得不好意思了~

wyw1018

个人觉得B的it离Morocco更近，且it出现在Morocco后面，因此指代Morocco不大会有歧义。
而C中it出现在Morocco和Algeria后面，且离Algeria更近，所以会有指代Algeria的嫌疑更大。

darkritual

so ~只是远近的问题吗~~

bejamin1111

是否指代不明的判断就是和其他选项做对比，比如其他选项中it有被具体的被指代的名词所代替，那么含有it的那个选项就被判定为指代不明，否则不算指代不清；所以你要把题目贴完整；
最后指代不清最好不要作为首选的split，there is often more than one error in a choice;

darkritual

bejamin1111 发表于 2013-12-11 12:57
是否指代不明的判断就是和其他选项做对比，比如其他选项中it有被具体的被指代的名词所代替，那么含有it的那 ...

67.  Affording strategic proximity to the Strait of Gibraltar, Morocco was also of interest to the French throughout
the first half of the twentieth century because they assumed that if they did not hold it, their grip on Algeria was always insecure.

(A)  if they did not hold it, their grip on Algeria was always insecure
(B)  without it their grip on Algeria would never be secure
(C)  their grip on Algeria was not ever secure if they did not hold it
(D)  without that, they could never be secure about their grip on Algeria
(E)  never would their grip on Algeria be secure if they did not hold it

cdbgin009

代词指代的一个原则：就近指代，只有B中的it就近指代的是M，是符合逻辑语意的，CE就近指代A，但是这样不符合逻辑语意