标题: 求助:GWD-13-30E选项 [打印本页] 作者: didosun72 时间: 2010-5-15 12:58 标题: 求助:GWD-13-30E选项 For the first time in the modern era, non-Hispanic Whites are officially a minority in California, which amounts to a little less than half the population of the state, down from nearly three-quarters only a decade ago A. which amounts to a little less than half the population of the state, down from nearly three-quarters only a decade ago B. which amounts to a little less than half the population of the state, down from a decade ago, when it was nearly three-quarters C. and that amounts to a little less than half the population of the state, down from a decade ago, when they were nearly three-quarters D. amounting to a little less than half the population of the state, down from nearly three-quarters a decade ago E. amounting to a little less than half the population of the state, down from what it was a decade ago by nearly three-quarters 正确答案是D,我选了E。E有什么错吗?我觉得D会造成歧义啊,从10年前的3/4下降到现在的2/1,或理解成10年前开始下降。请大家帮忙解释一下,谢谢!作者: jtrchina 时间: 2010-5-15 14:07
Q:E有什么错吗? A:有。what无端宽泛了比较范围,致使what与比例之间不可比。比较以下两句话即可体会差异: (1)The package workers in urban get is more than what recieved by rural workers. (2)The package workers in urban get is more than that recieved by rural workers. 严格来讲句(1)中的比较对象不可比。因为what比package范围更大,可以是中秋节的月饼、为避税改发的交通卡等等其他福利,两者范围不同,故不具可比性。反之,句(2)that 就清晰地限定了比较对象package.