SAT写作之如何正确使用代词
例如:错误:The teacher told the student he was lazy.
正确:The student was lazy, and the teacher told him so.
避免用this、that、it或which来指代整个短语或句子,即使这些代词与其指代的先行词很近,你可以用这些词再加上一个名词来指代。
例如:错误:The salesman spoke loudly, swayed back and forth, and tapped the table nervously, which made his customers extremely nervous.
正确:The salesman spoke loudly, swayed back and forth, and tapped the table nervously, mannerisms which made his customers extremely nervous.
除非指代天气,否则句子开头不要用it指代。
错误:It is difficult to distinguish between the scent of roses and that of tulips.
正确:T o distinguish between the scent of roses and that of tulips is difficult.
少数不定代词既可以指代单数名词,也可以指代复数名词。当这些代词做主语时,必须明白其先行词是单数还是复数。
错误:His superiors have been following his progress. Some are more impressed than others. None are overwhelmed.
记住:以-body、-one、和-thing结尾的代词在数上始终是单数含义;both、few、many、several等代词在数上始终是复数含义。