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136. Although the vast constellation of small islands that dot the South Pacific has a population of only a few million people, it is home to about a sixth of the world's 6,000 or so languages.

A. pacific has a population of only a few million people, it is

B. Pacific has a population of only a few million people, they are

C. Pacific is populated by only a few million people, and it is

D. Pacific, having a population of only a few million people, is nonetheless

E. Pacific, populated by only a few million people, yet they are

A: correct

B: they指代不清

C: although and连词重复

D: 没有主句

E: 从句没有谓语

注意:

1they指代的歧义,应该优先指代主语,其次是宾语,主语和宾语的修饰语优先地位比较弱

请问这题,that dot the South Pacific 应该是修饰ISLANDS的,所以 dot 用的是复数.那判断后面HAS的单复数是由哪个词语判断呢?按照白勇书里的说法, some of A, part of A, 或者all of A等等说法都是由of后面的词语的单数或者复数来决定。那么这里就应该由 small islands 来决定,应该用复数have。

B项的they指代不明是什么意思?是说THEY没有指代吗?我觉得指代ISLANDS,不对吗?

请NN赐教。

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以下是引用philikittists在2008-10-4 19:45:00的发言:

home 这里是发源地意思,那到底是岛呢还是这群岛呢,感觉这群岛更加符合逻辑。

指的是主语, the vast constellation

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home 这里是发源地意思,那到底是岛呢还是这群岛呢,感觉这群岛更加符合逻辑。

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the vast constellation of small islands that 这里 the vast

constellation of是集合名词的用法,

代词的指代也必须用单数,类似a group of / a team of 这类集合名词, 谓语单数,

代词指代复数

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