注意代词的使用

对于代词的问题最简单的方法就是不使用代词,比如在一个长句子最后常出现it 或them 在这种情况下不可避免的总会出现一些指代问题:

  Wrong: After roasting the deer, the hunter extinguished the fire and then searched for a tree to hang IT from.

这个句子中猎人想要hang the deer而不是fire,但是it 在这里从语法角度上是可以指向fire,而重复是解决这种问题的手段之一:

  Right: After roasting the deer, the hunter extinguished the fire and then searched for a tree to hang THE DEER from.

而在GMAT考试中常用的另一种手法是使用意思相近的同意词:这种近义词的作用就类似是一代词:

  Right: New “nano-papers” incorporate fibers that give THESE MATERIALS strength.

这里的MATERIALS指new “nano-papers”,因为其也是materials的一种,我们再看一个例子:

  Right: After the land-use agreement surfaced, the commission decided to subject any SUCH CONTRACTS to debate in the future.

这里的contracts指the land-use agreement。这里不一定要使用those 或such,使用the就足够:

  Right: After roasting the deer, the hunter extinguished the fire and then searched for a tree to hang THE MEAT from.

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