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作者: mihu    时间: 2002-10-8 09:50     标题: which vs. that

In accentual-syllabic versification, the basic unit of measurement is the (foot, which consists of) one accented syllable accompanied by one or two unaccented syllables.

A.
B. foot, which consists in
c. foot, which consisting of
D. foot that consists of
E. foot, which includes

I am confused about A, C, E. Key is A.
作者: tongxun    时间: 2002-10-8 10:09

C 从句没有谓语动词。
E 不知道两词的具体区别。
作者: mihu    时间: 2002-10-8 10:26

Sry, I am confused about A,D,E.


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作者: zyh79    时间: 2002-10-8 11:45

include做“包括“讲,as part of the whole,类属前边的名词概念,显然,syllable和foot没有这样的关系。而consist of 做“包括“, be made up of ,与前边的名词可以不属一类。
比较:the price includes postage charges
      the committee consists of 5 members
作者: tongxun    时间: 2002-10-8 12:56

Zyh79:谢谢!
作者: Kilroy    时间: 2002-10-8 13:28

D 中accompanied by one or two unaccented syllables有可能变成修饰that前面的主语foot?
作者: tongxun    时间: 2002-10-8 13:30

不会吧?foot that。 accented syllable ---accompanied。应该是这样修饰的。你看呢?
作者: Kilroy    时间: 2002-10-8 13:36

那D错在什么地方?
作者: princess    时间: 2002-10-8 23:26

我想A和D的区别就在于限定性和非限定性关系从句。限定性定语从句限制了它所修饰的名词,而非限定性关系从句仅对名词进行补充说明,对名词不起限制作用。
本题应该用非限定性关系从句,因为省略从句,句子的含义仍然是完整的,所以选A

给个例子吧,理解起来方便一点:
Where's the money that I lent you?
He lent me 1000 dollars, which was exactly the amount I need.
作者: mihu    时间: 2002-10-9 10:43

princess, could you give an example that need use "that"? thanks.
作者: primefang    时间: 2002-10-9 11:36

mihu, did you miss a ", " before "that"???

but the difference between "that" and "which" really confuse me
作者: mihu    时间: 2002-10-9 11:54

primefang, I checked it, no "," before "that". 限定与非限定是关键,但我也没有吃透。
作者: princess    时间: 2002-10-9 23:27

mihu, here's an example from OG:

258. The British sociologist and activist Barbara Wootton once noted as a humorous example of income maldistribution that the elephant that gave rides to children at the Whipsnade Zoo was earning annually exactly what she then earned as director of adult education for London.
(A) that the elephant that gave rides to children at the Whipsnade Zoo was earning
(B) that the elephant, giving rides to children at the Whipsnade Zoo, had been earning
(C) that there was an elephant giving rides to children at the Whipsnade Zoo, and it earned
(D) the elephant that gave rides to children at the Whipsnade Zoo and was earning
(E) the elephant giving rides to children at the Whipsnade Zoo and that it earned

此题答案是A,A是限定性定语从句。
而对于B,OG上有这样的解释:
In B, the structure of “noted... that the elephant, giving rides ..., had been earning” falsely implies that the reader already knows about the elephant--that is, that the existence of this particular elephant is not new information. 我觉得可以把分词短语giving。。。看成是非限定性的修饰成分,如果这儿用which gave rides...,应该也是错的。

不知道我说清楚了没有:)
作者: mihu    时间: 2002-10-10 09:50

谢谢,非常清楚。




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