French wines taste better than Australian wines.错误的原因是？

patatojuice · 发表于 2011-10-8 22:45:21

RT。这是我在Iphone Apps “beat the gmat”上看到的一道verbal问题。
Flashcard如是写道：
Watch out for caparison of actions/inanimate objects performing campared actions:
INCORRECT: "French wines taste better than Australian wines." (Implies wines are tasting.)
CORRECT: "French wines taste better than Australian wines do."
"French wines taste better than Australian wines taste."
"French wines taste better than do Australian wines."
不理解的是：
1.原句错在哪里？BETTER THAN这种比较不是可以自动忽略相同的动词么？
2.正确句子第三个，为什么采用倒装方式，难道这样不是犯了结构不并列的错误么？

请各位同学们指教。

eyelashes · 发表于 2011-10-14 16:13:12

看比较的是动词还是名词了。因为句子里面比较的是动词taste，所以than后面的动词不能省略。如果比较的是名词wine，than后面的名词wine可以省略。
如果比较名词，句子可以是这样的：

比较taste ( as a noun.)
French wines have better taste than taste that Australian wines have.=French wines have better taste than Australian wines.

或者是比较wine (noun.):
French wines are better than Australian wines.

French wines taste better than Australian wines.错误的原因是？

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