Pronoun 也和一般主詞或受詞一樣,必須有一致性,代名詞明白指出指代對象。
以下是錯誤選項例子:
1. Along with the drop in producer prices announced yesterday, the strong retail sales figures released today seem like it is indicative that the economy, although growing slowly, is not nearing a recession.
à retail sales figures (複數) 和 it (單數) 不合
2. While each state faces a similar industrial waste problem, their predominant industries and regulatory environment obviously determine the types and amounts of waste produced, as well as the cost of disposal.
à each state (單數) 和 their (複數) 不合
3. The only way for growers to salvage frozen citrus is to process them quickly into juice concentrate before they rot when warmer weather returns.
à citrus (單數) 和 them (複數) 不合
4. A report by the American Academy for the Advancement of Science has concluded that much of the currently uncontrolled dioxins to which North
à dioxins 和 much 不合
除此之外,如果指代的主詞邏輯錯誤,也一樣算是代名詞的指代不清:
5. Fossils of the arm of a sloth, that they found in Puerto Rico in 1991, has been dated at 34 million years old, thus making it the earliest mammal known on the Greater Antilles Islands.
à they 沒指代對象,以本題來說,they 往前只能找到 fossils,但 fossils 不可能自己找到 (found) 自己 (fossils)。所以找不到合理指代對象,一樣錯誤。
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