[求助]OG11-002

2.However much United States voters may agree that there is waste in government and that the government as a whole spends beyond its means，it is difficult to find broad support for a movement toward a minimal state．

(A)  However much United States voters may agree that

(B)  Despite the agreement among United States voters to the fact

(C)  Although United States voters agree

(D)  Even though United States voters may agree

(E)There is agreement among United States voters that

一直不明白A选项中，为什么much的使用是对的呢？按一般而言，much修饰不可数名次，这里的voter是可数的啊！而且还用了复数了呢。我第一次做的时候，看到这个much就把A排除了。结果竟然错了。

然后还有一些新的体会：1，原句中划线部分的情态动词很重要，一般不能省略；2，我原以为D选项错误是因为省略了agree的宾语从句的that，今天才看到原来og上说的是因为agree后面有两个宾语从句，第二个有that引导，由于平行结构的关系，所以第一个不能省略。（这里又有一个新问题：是不是宾语从句的that可有可无？如果这里没有后面的那个宾语从句作判断依据，只有一个宾语从句的话，那D是不是正确的？）

谢谢大家！

much不是修饰voters，而是修饰agree

宾语从句的that在99％的情况下不能省略

。（这里又有一个新问题：是不是宾语从句的that可有可无？如果这里没有后面的那个宾语从句作判断依据，只有一个宾语从句的话，那D是不是正确的？）

这个我来回答：

GMAT中的宾语从句，都需要有引导词。因为GMAT考试是商业用语，需要formal的用法，其他informal的用法都是错误的。当然，很多informal的用法在口语中经常出现。但我们现在是在做GMAT考题。

例如，in that是正式用法，而because则是非正式用法。

你能说用in that 的地方用because就错了吗？

不能。

但如果在GMAT考题中初选的两个选项，除了这里不同外，其他地方都相同，你会怎么选？

毫无疑问，选in that啊！

请Lunicole和其他各位NN们指正。

再问Lunicole MM,

你在哪里啊？

时差是么大，

凌晨4点还在CD发帖！

in that is a pharse that has been used very frequently in the past GMAT which based on paper,but from now on ,its not the preferable pharse which ETS would support, and you can find more and more correct choice in which  BECUSE is used rather than "in that".So It's hard to say that because is second to "in that".Adversly worse more,if you meet the situation discribed above by your self, I suggest you to consider "because" a candidate choice for "because" is much more used in GMAT as a correct answer rather than "in that".

嗯，照我现在看来，也觉得because比in that用的多。