GMAT/留學申請專業顧問 Donz 之資訊交流園地

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。