OG 12 103 老题新问

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103. Yellow jackets number among the 900 or so species of theworld’s social wasps, wasps living in a highly cooperative and organizedsociety where they consist almost entirely of females—the queen and her sterile female workers.

(A) wasps living in a highlycooperative and organized society where they consist almost entirely of

(B) wasps that live in a highly cooperative and organizedsociety consisting almost entirely of

(C) which means they live in a highlycooperative and organized society, almost all

(D) which means that their society ishighly cooperative, organized, and it is almost entirely

(E) living in a society that is highly cooperative, organized, and it consists of almost all

首先  这题的答案是Ｂ没有什么问题。 　但是我在看着道题时，觉得这题中ＣＤ选项里的ＴＨＥＹ和ＴＨＥＩＲ似乎都有指代　ｙｅｌｌｏｗ　ｊａｃｋｅｔｓ的嫌疑。但是ＯＧ里并没有指出它有错误。　我个人觉得C D 选项中的指代不同于A ， A选项中的THEY 很清楚的指代了 waspS是因为它指代的是中心词。ＣＤ中的作为一个代词，在从句主语的位置上，难道不应该优先指代　ＹＥＬＬＯＷ　ＪＡＣＫＥＴＳ？　

　是我概念错误了，还是ＯＧ并没有解释完所有的错误情况　　　希望来一个NN 求解答

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选项Ａ中的ｔｈｅｙ　指代ＷＡＳＰＳ很清楚没问题滴　　这个也是ＯＧ的原话　ＴＨＥＹ　ＲＥＦＥＲＲＩＮＧ　ＴＯ　WASPS因为，ＷＡＳＰＳ　ｌｉｖｉｎｇ。。。。这个整个短语都是用来解释ｓｏｃｉａｌ　ｗａｓｐＳ的。这个短语中的ｔｈｅｙ　当然指代该短语的中心词　WASPS。。我只是觉得BC的指代也有问题      ＯＧ没说

dadaowuxing

your analysis seems fine to me

they in choice A seems to refer to yellow jackets ( both are the subjects in the clause, and grammatical case is equal)


but when encountering such problem in the exam


if I were you, I will not tackle with the pronoun ambiguity issue until other splits are all addressed

you know that the OG's explanation is quite inconsistent in this issue (just like some sorts of controversy)


if you are immersed in such kind of controversial analysis, you will be ruined in the problem ( because the GMAT set the rule, they have the authority to do anything no matter how well your reasoning may turn out to be )


more time should be devoted into the overall meaning ( that is the trend)


you will get nerve-racking for consistently analyzing pronoun ambiguity