og12-102 就近指代

tracy214wxy

AsrainfallbegantodecreaseintheSouthwest about the middle of the twelfth century, most of the Monument Valley Anasazi abandoned their homes to join other clans whose access to water was less limited.
(A)    whose access to water was less limited (B)    where there was access to water that was
less limited (C)    where they had less limited water access (D)    with less limitations on water access (E)    having less limitations to water access
解释说C的they指代不清，但是不是应该是按照就近指代来判断吗？they不应该就近指代clans吗？如果不在这里用就近指代，那什么时候才需要用呢？

sunflower88

我觉得是的，同一个句子里不可以用一个代词指代不同的事务，而且根据

语义they, their, them 都是属于第三方他们。

tracy214wxy

明白了，谢谢，就是说在指代问题上，they和their,them都是要指代一样的吗？我之前是以为 they和they是一样的，和其他可以不同。

sunflower88

因为前面有一个their是指代most of the Monument Valley Anasazi ，后面的they如果就近指代就是指other clans，如果按前面的their一致性就指most of the Monument Valley Anasazi，所以指代不清.

Fuckitup

我的理解是如果这是阅读理解，你可以使用就近指代去理解原文的含义。
但是如果是语法题，就应该选一个尽量不产生歧义的。