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prep中的一道题:which不能指代前面的整个句子吗

which 引导非限制性定语从句时,只能指代前面的名词,而不能指代整个句子吗?这是GMAT的一条语法规则吗?在OG上有提到吗?

我是看了Prep1破解版的语法第58题题目:

Both weakened by concern about the government's agreement with the International Monetary Fund and by growing fears of a rise in inflation, the country's currency continued its slide to a record low against the dollar, which forced the central bank to intervene for the fourth time in a week.

A选项(即原题划线句)Both weakened by concern about the government's agreement with the International Monetary Fund and by growing fears of a rise in inflation, the country's currency continued its slide to a record low against the dollar, which forced

破解版的答案说A是错的,错误原因之一是which 不能指代前面的整个句子。真有这个规则吗?

请高人指教,多谢多谢~
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童鞋,要有常识。GMAT一定要看完所有选项才能选,是矮子里拔将军的考试。怎么可以只给一个来问呢?还有,prep的解答都是乱七八糟的人写的,不是gmac写的,不可信的。你还是要拿出剩余4个选项,然后比较出来的。

另外,A显然是有点问题的。不是在which上。你看前半句啊,Both weakened by concern....and by growing...你觉得and前后平衡吗?至少要both weakened by....and done by....才对,或weakened both by... and by...。第二,第一个by后面是名词,后一个by后面是doing,也不平衡。所以A是显然不好的。问题是不是出在which上不好说,但是A肯定就按我这点就被排除掉了。你说对吗?

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我只是想弄清楚which指代句子对不对

不只是这个题,还有好多类似的题,在PREP的破解版中都有说which不能指代句子,我就想知道他说的对不对。

此外,我觉得你说的另一个错误原因的一部分部分是对的,我也知道应该是Weakened both by concern about、、、and by growing fear of、、、,构成both and 的平行结构。但是growing这里相当于形容词,是修饰后面的名词fears的,所以如果改成我写的那样,就是对的平行结构。

我在学习阶段,不是最后的模考做题阶段,所以想知道每个错误选项都错在哪,为什么错。而不只是要选出正确答案而已。

谢谢~

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gmat 中which 是不能指代前面的句子的,复习两个月,还未见过反例

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诶,是这样的。我要强调的是GMAT不是考语法,而是考逻辑。商学院是英语系,gmat考语法的目的是要你找出一种让别人更容易接受的表达。而且,我很建议你不要去总结gmat里面的语法,否则要中招的。prep里没有用which指代句子的,不代表不能出。只要老美用过的,就是对的。但未必是最好的。which指代句子为什么gmat里少(不是没有),是因为其不精确。像刚刚的题目,你需要让接受者想你的which是哪个理由引起的,这个force的动作到底是谁发起谁导致的,是both里面的内容还是,下滑引起的?那么就不太精确。但是,前提是,如果没有其他更加严重的语言问题时,which不够好,并不是有了which指代句子就一定错。明白吗?所以,一定要看5个选项,在选项里找暗示和做题思路。不要研究每个选项为什么对为什么错,因为正确的未必没有语法错误,错误的未必语法就不对。看似公正,但只要给听者带来理解歧义,就不是一个好的管理者,也不该有好的gmat成绩。
这题我到网上找到了原题,我谈谈我的做题思路吧,仅供参考:
Both weakened by concern about the government's agreement with the International Monetary Fund and by growing fears of a rise in inflation, the country's currency continued its slide to a record low against the dollar, which forced the central bank to intervene for the fourth time in a week.

(A) Both weakened by concern about the government's agreement with the International Monetary Fund and by growing fears of a rise in inflation, the country's currency continued its slide to a record low against the dollar, which forced
(B) Both concern about the government's agreement with the International Monetary Fund and the growing fears of a rise in inflation weakened the country's currency, continuing its slide to a record low against the dollar, which forced
(C) Both because it was weakened by concern about the government's agreement with the International Monetary Fund and by growing fears of a raise in inflation, the country's currency continued its slide to a record low against the dollar, forcing
(D) The country's currency, weakened both by concern about the government's agreement with the International Monetary Fund and by growing fears of a rise in inflation, continued its slide to a record low against the dollar, forcing
(E) The country's currency, weakened by both concern about the government's agreement with the International Monetary Fund and growing fears of a raise in inflation, continued its slide to a record low against the dollar, which forced

A的问题很显然both pp by noun... and by,肯定错,去掉
B。and后面多了一个the,and前没有the表示非限定,泛指,而后面多了the,表达的范围就不同了。所以一定不符合逻辑。
C。和A理由差不多
D。both and里面的结构是一致的,且句子意思也一直都是by两个东西,表达两个原因。对方很容易理解。先放着
E。both里面也可以。

那么剩下就是D,E开比

发现了which和没有which的区别,你就开始纠结了。要知道这个区别是你先把ABC排除后才发现的,不能上来就用这个区别解题来理解A为什么错。是ABC有更加严重的语法问题,无论是否有which全部枪毙。而DE之间严重问题没有了,就比较细节了,再看which的问题

D好的原因是,你看d的句子
The country's currency, weakened both by A and by B, continued..., forcing....
weakened是一个pp引导一个状语,它的发起者很清晰,只能是the country's currency。第二个动作,continued是个本句谓语,动作发起者即主语也很清晰,只能是the country's currency。forcing是个现在分词的状语,他的主语还只能是The country's currency,不可能是其他句子或状语吧,对吧。那么这句话三个动作的发起者都很清晰。
好了,看E
which forcing,你自己说,which的指代明确吗?which既可以指The country's currency也可以指几个插入状语,甚至可以指countiuned发起的主句。指代不明确。需要对方自己去想。所以D和E是D好。

但是注意了,如果没有D,就ABCE比较式E好。OK?

仅供参考,欢迎交流。

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which 是不能指代整个句子,manhattan SC里面有。

原话是“Use WHICH only to refer to the noun immediately preceding it——never to refer to an entire clause.”

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which应该不能指代整个句子。 二楼啊。。。刚开始初学很有必要搞清楚每个选项是怎么错的,为什么错,语法根据是什么。  没有这些基础,怎么达到你说的管理者的境界呢?

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在GMAT中,which不能用来指代整个前面的句子。

要达到指代整个前面的句子类似的效果,只能用“,+现在分词”作状语。

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