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chengcheng7

337.        Idioglossia is a phenomenon, incompletely understood at best, where two persons develop a unique and private language with highly original vocabulary and syntax.

(A) where two persons develop a unique and private language with

(B) when two persons develop a unique and private language having

(C) in which two persons have unique and private language development with

(D) having two persons who develop a unique and private language that has（E）

(E) in which two persons develop a unique and private language with

我先的是A, 查了一下网上的说明.

'where' vs 'in which'

'In which' is more precise than 'where' in defining location as in: This is the box in which she keeps her pearls. This is the place where she keeps her ...

如果只是在表明地点的时候用in which更好, phenomenon并不是地点的意思. 所以个人认为应该选A. 各位请指教

开若兰

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以下是引用chengcheng7在2008-5-30 7:20:00的发言：

337.        Idioglossia is a phenomenon, incompletely understood at best, where two persons develop a unique and private language with highly original vocabulary and syntax.

(B) when two persons develop a unique and private language having

请教：为什么(B)选项错误？

Freehorser

参看OG137 ETS的解释 

In A and B, in which would be preferable to where, since where properly refers to location.

belindaxiaos

是不是可以这么理解，where不能指代一个抽象名词。

只有当这个抽象名词是说明一个过程某个阶段的时候才可以

johnsonwxjs

OG上说了，where只能用于表示地点，修饰前面所提的地点名词。play according to the rule...

蒋恺

注意，prep.+which可以表示具体的地点，也可以表示抽象的地点，或我们经常说的“在某一方面，某一情况，某一现象”等。