[問題]prep-T2-Q15

[洪正緯]

In the mod-1920s the Hawthorne Works of the Western Electric Company was the scene of an intensive series of experiments that would investigate changes in working conditions as to their effects on workers’ performance.
A. that would investigate changes in working conditions as to their effects on workers’ performance
B. investigating the effects that changes in working conditions would have one workers’ performance
C. for investigating what the effects on workers’ performance are that changes in working conditions would cause
D. that investigated changes in working conditions’ effects on workers’ performance
E. to investigate what the effects changes in working conditions would have on workers’ performance

A: their没有指代
B: correct
C: that没有指代
D: conditions’ effects 改变原意
E: changes in working conditions would have做定语修饰the effects，what the effects没有谓语。

我看了以上的解釋還是不明白B和E有何差別?thanks

[dibert8]

(E) = to investigate what the effects (that) changes in working conditions would have on workers’ performance
that = effects 作 have 的受詞; what 子句少一個動詞

(B) that 引導名詞子句,作 effects 的同位語; one 應該是 on

[洪正緯]

(E) = to investigate what the effects (that) changes in working conditions would have on workers’ performance
that = effects 作 have 的受詞; what 子句少一個動詞

(B) that 引導名詞子句,作 effects 的同位語; one 應該是 on

請問若B的that為關係子句如E作為have的受詞..這樣理解可以嗎?

[little8]

(E) = to investigate what the effects (that) changes in working conditions would have on workers’ performance
that = effects 作 have 的受詞; what 子句少一個動詞

(B) that 引導名詞子句,作 effects 的同位語; one 應該是 on

請問若B的that為關係子句如E作為have的受詞..這樣理解可以嗎?

頂一下,
我選到E,當初的想法也跟發問樓主的困惑一樣,請大大可否在詳細解惑哩...

[hwatai]

不好意思無法回答樓上的問題...(B)的effect是have的受格沒錯

這題主要解法在於：要修飾名詞時，多用that子句或更簡潔的分詞構句

(B)連用了兩次，experiment(n) ving....effect(n) that...

(C)(E)的for ving及用不定式修飾名詞都不好，因為這兩種用法都可能是在修飾行為者的動作，即修飾動詞

[lucyyeh]

這題A選我看眾家說法都是因代名詞their而砍掉的，可是我看來看去還是覺得很順，因為就近代conditions也還好吧？
A選我覺得would的用法不太對，假設語氣配investigate怪怪的，大家覺得呢？

[chris8888]

A. that would investigate changes in working conditions as to their effects on workers’ performance
their 可以指代conditions, changes造成歧意
B. investigating the effects that changes in working conditions would have one workers’ performance
C. for investigating what the effects on workers’ performance are that changes in working conditions would cause
for V-ing 不好, 如果要表目的請用to + V,
what he means is ...
所以 what the effects on workers’ performance are <== 錯, 就算這要對也必須要用單數is(concise)
不然這樣看 :
what the effects on workers’ performance are that changes in working conditions would cause ... 斷掉了 ...
D. that investigated changes in working conditions’ effects on workers’ performance 雙重所有格, 同時condition沒生命, 不要用apostrophe
E. to investigate what the effects changes in working conditions would have on workers’ performance
乍看之下, to 好像很好, 實際上卻沒有表達目的的意思(邏輯意含較難)
看what he means is that she is a pretty girl.
what the effects changes <== 若是這樣看, changes不該是plural
what the effects (that) changes in working conditions would have on workers’ performance is that ... <== fragment, 句子斷掉了,

[sa_pot]

B. investigating the effects that changes in working conditions would have one workers’ performance

那為何 changes 要加 s
the effects 不是複數嗎？

[amazingslim]

B. investigating the effects that changes in working conditions would have one workers’ performance

那為何 changes 要加 s
the effects 不是複數嗎？

changes在此為名詞

[小貝貝]

B. investigating the effects that changes in working conditions would have one workers’ performance

那為何 changes 要加 s
the effects 不是複數嗎？

changes在此為名詞

應該是what 的子句 動詞為單數吧~

[Kal-El]

B. investigating the effects that changes in working conditions would have on workers’ performance
1. the effects: have 之受詞
E. to investigate what the effects changes in working conditions would have on workers’ performance
1. what the effects: have 之受詞 (what...wordy)
2. to v...改變句意