英语写作：如何避免英语写作中的代词指代错误.pdfVIP

·52 · 《大学英语》1998 年第 11 期 如何避免英语写作中的代词指代错误 肖亮荣 ( ) 1. 使用正确的代词变化形式 , 使其和先行 　　代词指代 Pronoun Reference 是指通过代 词的使用而建立的照应关系 , 即代词和它的指代 项在人称、性、数上保持一致; ( ) 2. 改变句子结构 , 消除代词指代含糊不清 对象 即先行项 之间的关系。代词指代的正确 使用不仅能指明句子内部某些词之间的关系 ,而 的情况; 且能沟通和建立句子和句子之间意义上的联系。 3. 将句中暗示的先行项明确地表示出来。 例如 ,When he spoke to the lawyer , Dad was ex 下面提供一组练习 ,请改正各句中的代词指 tremely nervous and ill at ease. 这里的代词“he ” 代错误 : 指代的就是“Dad ”。如果该句改为 When Dad 1. When I saw the smoke , I called the fire spoke to the lawyer , he was extremely nervous station to ask them to come immediately. and ill at ease. 那么就出现一个代词可能指代两 2. Before you give the baby its bottle , shake “Dad ” “the lawyer ”, it well. 个对象 , 即 或 导致句子歧义 的现象。 3. Father wrote to Uncle Lin every day 代词指代错误主要有三种 : 模糊指代 (Am when he was in hopsital. ) ( ) 4. Lana thanked Rita for the gift , which biguous Reference 、泛指代 Broad Reference 和 暗指代( Implied Reference) 。 was very thoughtful of her. 1. 模糊指代 :指的是在两个名词中 ,代词指 5. Dont touch the freshly painted walls with 代哪一个不明确 , 因而出现句子意义上的模糊。 your hands unless they are dry. 如 When John handed over the t ypewriter to 6. I wrote to the insurance company , but Martin , he was not sure if it was in good condi they have not answered my letter. tion. 就是属于模糊指代。该句可采用名词取代 7. He planted a line of tall shrubbery to stop 含义模糊的代词或阐明先行项的方法来消除句