求教语法

wangwanwang

关于they的指代一直有个困惑如果代词前面虽然有比如they之前虽然有N多复数名词，但如果只有一个符合逻辑，那算是有指代不明吗
下面一个是OG一个例题
whether tourists will continue to visit game parks and see rhinoceroses after their horns are。。。这个选项错误OG给的解释是their  can refer to either rhinoceroses or tourists所以不对
可在这个选项中horns明显不能是tourists的啊（不符合逻辑啊）那为什么会指代不明呢

三塘木

逻辑和结构要分开看，在用their之前有两个复数形式的名词，这里自然在结构上会混淆，即使读了句子后逻辑上是个人就能理解，但是GMAT为了严谨结构还是不允许这种情况。。。
如果前面一个是单数名词一个是复数名词的话，那很明显their就是指代复数名词，就没有这个问题了

wangwanwang

三塘木 发表于 2014-10-27 20:57
逻辑和结构要分开看，在用their之前有两个复数形式的名词，这里自然在结构上会混淆，即使读了句子后逻辑上 ...

谢谢，我还想再问下这个例子100. The stars, some of them at tremendous speeds, are in
motion just as the planets are, yet being so far away
from Earth that their apparent positions in the sky do
not change enough for their movement to be observed
during a single human lifetime.
(A) The stars, some of them at tremendous speeds,
are in motion just as the planets are, yet being
(B) Like the planets, the stars are in motion, some
of them at tremendous speeds, but they are
(C) Although like the planets the stars are in motion,
some of them at tremendous speeds, yet
(D) As the planets, the stars are in motion, some of
them at tremendous speeds, but they are
(E) The stars are in motion like the planets, some of
which at tremendous speeds are in motion but

wangwanwang

三塘木 发表于 2014-10-27 20:57
逻辑和结构要分开看，在用their之前有两个复数形式的名词，这里自然在结构上会混淆，即使读了句子后逻辑上 ...

那这个例子中B的them前面既有Planets 又有stars,那逻辑结构分开看的话，them不应是指代不行吗

wangwanwang

三塘木 发表于 2014-10-27 20:57
逻辑和结构要分开看，在用their之前有两个复数形式的名词，这里自然在结构上会混淆，即使读了句子后逻辑上 ...

对不起，我还想再问下。。（捂脸问题好多）
有一条就近指代原则，当一个句子中出现两个以上的复数名词时，复数名词优先指代离她近的复数名词，这个原则同样适用于单数名词。所以，them和they指代stars~这是一个同学对star那题的解释，我想问下，有这个原则吗，因为之前，有个同学也说过，代词指代上没有所谓的就近原则，所以对指代我还蛮困惑的，谢谢