[問題]OG90

[Megan Lin]

90. Since 1986, when the Department of Labor began to allow investment officers' fees to be based on how the funds they manage perform, several corporations began paying their investment advisers a small basic fee, with a contract promising higher fees if the managers perform well.

(A) investment officers’ fees to be based on how the funds they manage perform, several corporations began

(B) investment officers’ fees to be based on the performance of the funds they manage, several corporations began

(C) that fees of investment officers be based on how the funds they manage perform, several corporations have begun

(D) fees of investment officers to be based on the performance of the funds they manage, several corporations have begun

(E) that investment officers' fees be based on the performance of the funds they manage, several corporations began

the clause beginning Since 1986... indicates that the practice described in the second clause continued for some period of time after it began. Choice D, the best answer, supplies the present perfect have begun, which conveys this continuity; D also uses a construction that is appropriate when "allow" means "permit": allow... to be based on. Choices A, B, and E incorrectly use the past tense began rather than the present perfect; furthermore, in each of these options, they has no referent, since officers is a possessive modifier of fees. Choices A and C include the awkward phrase based on how the funds they manage perform Choices C and E incorrectly use allow that ... fees be based

答案是D
(1)但我向請問的是，B當中officer's fees，OG解釋因為officer's 修飾fees，所以後面they 指代錯誤，那答案D中後面的they會不會也有指代不清楚的問題呢?

(2)除了這一點外，可以判斷對錯的地方是不是since，因為要用完成式?

(3)答案C中，錯是因為他用了that 跟 how 嗎 ，降子怪怪的

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[cacao]

the clause beginning Since 1986... indicates that the practice described in the second clause continued for some period of time after it began. Choice D, the best answer, supplies the present perfect have begun, which conveys this continuity; D also uses a construction that is appropriate when "allow" means "permit": allow... to be based on. Choices A, B, and E incorrectly use the past tense began rather than the present perfect; furthermore, in each of these options, they has no referent, since officers is a possessive modifier of fees. Choices A and C include the awkward phrase based on how the funds they manage perform Choices C and E incorrectly use allow that ... fees be based

答案是D
(1)但我向請問的是，B當中officer's fees，OG解釋因為officer's 修飾fees，所以後面they 指代錯誤，那答案D中後面的they會不會也有指代不清楚的問題呢?
因為依句意，they應是指officers，但變成officers'，不能用主格代名詞they，應用受格them代才對，而選項d變為fees of investment officers ，officers為主格，就沒有這個問題了

(2)除了這一點外，可以判斷對錯的地方是不是since，因為要用完成式?
是的 since在這是自從之意，後面要加現在完成式
(3)答案C中，錯是因為他用了that 跟 how 嗎 ，降子怪怪的
用that是因為allow表"允許"之意，後面應用不定詞做受詞補語才對
而用how是很awkward

[dorisdi]

我非常同意since在這是自從之意，後面要加現在完成式
但有一個疑惑請大家幫我解惑
就是main cl.的動詞是begin 感覺上像是瞬間動詞
用完成式句意上會不會有點奇怪呢?

[dibert8]

首先注意到代名詞they只能代替fees顯得不合邏輯, 刪除 (A) (B) (E); 剩下 (C) (D) 選一個. (C) allow 用 that + 原形V (表示命令,堅持), 用法錯誤 => (D)

[autumn713]

解釋說based on how the funds they manage perform..is awkward.
why? is it because the funds can't perform?

Thanks a lot.

[dibert8]

perform (過程)無法表達"成績"(結果).

[pleasela]

首先注意到代名詞they只能代替fees顯得不合邏輯, 刪除 (A) (B) (E); 剩下 (C) (D) 選一個. (C) allow 用 that + 原形V (表示命令,堅持), 用法錯誤 => (D)

allow that + 原V (表示命令,堅持)
那
allow that ... to V (表準許)
也就是這題的意思...
這樣解譯對嗎?

[dibert8]

allow 沒有堅持的意思,永遠不會用 that +原形V 的句型.

[rainwang]

這題後面的"their" investment advisers應該指代的是corporations, 這樣不就與前面的they(officer)指代的名詞不一致嗎??

[Huang Hsin-Yi]

這題後面的"their" investment advisers應該指代的是corporations, 這樣不就與前面的they(officer)指代的名詞不一致嗎??


我是這樣想

這是兩個獨立子句, their指代最近名詞, 不會去和officers有關,這樣才讀得通