4。指代对象不一致
这里的指代对象不一致主要讲的是代词与被指代的人或物关系不清,或者先后所用的代词不一致。把这一项单独提出来是因为大家实在很青睐这一部分:
Mary was friendly to my sister because she wanted her to be her bridesmaid. (玛丽和我姐姐很要好,因为她要她做她的伴娘。)
读完上面这一句话,读者无法明确地判断两位姑娘中谁将结婚,谁将当伴娘。如果我们把易于引起误解的代词的所指对象加以明确,意思就一目了然了。这个句子可改为:
Mary was friendly to my sister because she wanted my sister to be her bridesmaid.
例. And we can also know the society by serving it yourself.
剖析:句中人称代词we 和反身代词yourself指代不一致。
改为:We can also know society by serving it ourselves.
以上即是托福写作中易犯的4个语法错误,虽然托福语法不再是新托福考试的考察题型,不过,语法的问题在口语、写作等各题型中都有体现,大家千万不要忽视了对托福语法的备考。
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