OG12-Q43（关于whom与them指代用法的区别）

rudder86

43.  Laos has a land area about the same as Great Britain
but only four million in population, where many are
members of hill tribes ensconced in the virtually
inaccessible mountain valleys of the north.
(A)  about the same as Great Britain but only four
million in population, where many
(B)  of about the same size as Great Britain is, but in
Laos there is a population of only four million,
and many
(C)  that is about the same size as Great Britain’s
land area, but in Laos with a population of only
four million people, many of them
(D)  comparable to the size of Great Britain, but only
four million in population, and many
(E)  comparable to that of Great Britain but a
population of only four million people, many of
whom

选E，没问题。

暂且不论其他错误，单单想问的是在这里whom和选项C中的them的用法有什么区别？
OG对C的解释为:C The reference of them is unclear and the
expression is generally awkward.
为什么whom指代people就对了，而用them就不可以。。

等待NN解答。

多谢。

rudder86

Thank you !!

貌似又是一个effectiveness的错误么？

为什么我觉得视它为一个同位语从句没啥不可呢 = =

求点化。

fankser

单单想问的是在这里whom和选项C中的them的用法有什么区别？
有。whom引导从句，many of them要么新起一句句子，要么引导独立主格或同位语。成分不同，例：
(1)CD has a huge number of members,many of them struggle for futher study.明显可以看出其一山不容二虎的主语过多错误
若改成如下可接受：
(2)CD has a huge number of members,many of whom struggle for futher study.此时逗号后是一句从句，符合语法规则。

为什么whom指代people就对了，而用them就不可以。。
",whom"就进修饰逗号前，类似which
them就是很普通的代词了，所以whom指代更清晰

Hope it helps!

linglingdan

是有很大区别的。
用many of who只是一个定语从句。如果用many of them就是可以做主语了，会变成两个句子，这两个句子是没有连词的。