GWD 补充题 24-20

24-20 According to a 1996 survey by the National Association of College an University Business Officers, more than three times as many independent institutions of higher education charge tuition and fees of under $8,000 a year than those that charge over $16,000

A) than those that charge

B) than are charging

C) than to charge

D) as charge

E) as those charging

The key is E, but "charging" here looks really awkward. I really think the correct one should be D.

Given an example of this:

1.        According to a study by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, companies in the United States are providing job training and general education for nearly eight million people, about equivalent to the enrollment of the nation’s four-year colleges and universities.

(A) equivalent to the enrollment of

(B) the equivalent of those enrolled in

(C) equal to those who are enrolled in

(D) as many as the enrollment of（E）

(E) as many as are enrolled in

In E, "people" are omitted without sacrificing the integrity of the whole sentence. Could the same rule apply to this one?

the major problem in D,  as 'many independent institutions of higher education' ,,, as 'charge',  is not parellel.

the given example no such problem... what do you think?

The correct form should be "as those charge over ....",

主语省略

虽然我选的是E，但感觉你的分析也有道理， 语法有时真晕。

不过呢，道是有一点看法：

你的例子中的省略是明显---能看出省略的成分，因为离得很近， 此题中离得很远，不补的话结构不清晰， open to discuss.

请NNS现身，

as ...as..的一个重要特征是后面的一个as可以指代所修饰的主语，在og和gwd中很多，e选项的补出显然不必要，况且破坏了平行。

大家认为呢？

24-20我也觉得是D，疑问！！

I choose D.

In D, as many ...charge ..as charge,, seems more parellel than the structure in E, as many..charge as those charging, since in E charging acts as modifying those.

according to OG187, I choose D:

187. In one of the bloodiest battles of the Civil War, fought at Sharpsburg, Maryland, on September 17, 1862, four times as many Americans were killed as would later be killed on the beaches of Normandy during D-Day.

(A) Americans were killed as

(B) Americans were killed than

(C) Americans were killed than those who

(D) more Americans were killed as there（A）

(E) more Americans were killed as those who

Choice A, the best answer, is the only option that accurately expresses the comparison by using the idiomatic form as many... as. In B and C, as many... than is unidiomatic, and in C and E, those who is a wordy intrusion. In D and E, more is redundant because the phrase four times as many in the original sentence conveys the idea of more.

I agree with vincent0330.

D is better