考古14-Q23

[陳靜靜]

Corporations have found a reasonably quick resolution of disputes, confidentiality, and dramatically reduced costs are the advantages of settling differences privately by using mediators rather than the courts.
(A)a reasonably quick resolution of disputes, confidentiality, and dramatically reduced costs
(B)that a dramatic reduction of costs, confidentiality, and reasonably quick resolution of disputes
(C)that dramatically reduced costs, confidentiality, and reasonably quick resolution of disputes
(D)that confidentiality, dramatically reduced costs, and a reasonably quick resolution of disputes
(E)dramatically reduced costs, confidentiality, and a reasonably quick resolution of disputes

Ans:D

請問答案D中a reasonably quick resolution為何要有冠詞?

[fiona]

resolution是可數名詞 故要加冠詞囉
前面一個是複數一個是不可數名詞

[陳靜靜]

感謝fiona的解說，但a reasonably quick resolution of disputes 似乎也是複數。
各位先進本人程度較差請不吝賜教，感激不盡。

[維尼]

感謝fiona的解說，但a reasonably quick resolution of disputes 似乎也是複數。
各位先進本人程度較差請不吝賜教，感激不盡。

disputes 的確是複數
不過結構上是 a quick resoultion of ....
那個 a 是給 resolution 用的

[hibettychen]

(D) ....a reasonably quick resolution of disputes
根據查字典(Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary) 的結果
resolution可以是u.n或是c.n
1. 當determination解釋→u.n.
2. 當solution解釋→u.n.& c.n.
該本字典上給的例句是：a successful resolution(c.n.) to the crisis
無敵電子辭典給的例句：the resolution(u.n.) of a problem

所以我認為答案(C)&(D)
a reasonably quick resolution(c.n.) of disputes
或是 reasonably quick resolution(u.n.) of disputes似乎都可以

不知道還有沒有別的看法呢？

[evelyn_yeh]

一個普通名詞不能單獨存在,一定要用'the' N 或 'a' N 或 Ns -(請參閱賴水信文法ch2)
因此(C)必錯無疑
另hibettychen所舉的例句：the resolution(u.n.) of a problem
不也有'the'嗎??
另confidentiality是抽象名詞,非普通名詞,所以不在此限.