[問題]Prep-T1-Q70

[alva0930]

It is unclear whether chimpanzees are unique among nonhuman species in their ability to learn behaviors from one another, or if, when other animals are studied in as much depth, similar patterns would be found.
(B) if other animals were studied with as much depth they would exhibit similar patterns
(C) would similar patterns be found in other animals if they were studied in as much depth
(D) whether similar patterns would be exhibited in other animals that were studied with as much depth
(E) whether other animals would exhibit similar patterns if they were studied in as much depth

請問(C)的錯誤在哪？
只能用whether X or whether Y而不能用whether X or Y？
或者(C)還有其它錯的地方呢？

[jamesbegins]

(C)我是覺得 would similar patterns be found in other animals 這句主詞跑掉變成 similar patterns
那後面的 if 子句主詞they會不知道代誰...old Mo said : 代名詞擔任主詞 優先代替原句主詞....
然後又用被動 old Mo said : 被動少選被動少選被動少選.....

[dibert8]

(C) whether 不需要倒裝; 即使正裝,句意也不對稱.

[lucyyeh]

此題答案是E，補給後人參考。

[kaijen]

請問為什麼不選(D)?
(E)they不是ambiguous嗎? 可以代替animals也可以代替patterns?

[dibert8]

(D) 1. 被動少選(不簡潔); 2. depth 不能當 studied 的受詞,需要介係詞
代名詞容易有指代的問題,原則上非必要不用; they 能找到合理的指代 (= animals), GMAT 還不太挑剔.

[pimi]

(E)的they真讓人選不下去, 因為在前面又個their ability
不過in depth是片語
(D)用with depth, 很明顯的錯誤
(A)(B)(C)又不夠(D)(E)對稱
真的是走投無路, 只好選(E)

[Kal-El]

It is unclear whether chimpanzees are unique among nonhuman species in their ability to learn behaviors from one another, or whether other animals would exhibit similar patterns if they were studied in as much depth.
第一個:their ability 的their 指的是 chimpanzees
第二個:they 指的是 other animals

[三壘神童]

(D) whether similar patterns would be exhibited in other animals that were studied with as much depth
(E) whether other animals would exhibit similar patterns if they were studied in as much depth
不好意思 有問題還未釐清
D 選項 應該是錯在被動用法不好 以及 with much depth 非慣用

但我想請問

E 選項 的 they照邏輯來看應該是要指other animals才正確 ,但題幹中明顯their已經指 chimpanzees 了 我想請問they和their可以指代不同的 東西嗎 ??

[dibert8]

次要結構和主要結構的代名詞似乎不需要一致.
可以觀察看看.