比较两道prep题目，1-106和1-98

106。
             Officials
                at
                the
                United
                States
                Mint
                believe
                that
                the
                Sacagawea
                dollar
                coin
                will
                be
                used
                more
                as
                a substitute
                for
                four
                quarters
                rather
                than
                for
                the
                dollar
                bill
                because
                its
                weight, only
                8.1
                grams, is
                far
                less than four
                quarters, which
                weigh
                5.67
                grams
                each.

(A)
            more
            as
            a
            substitute
            for
            four
            quarters
            rather
            than
            for
            the
            dollar
            bill
            because
            its
            weight, only
            8.1
            grams, is far
            less
            than

(B)
            more
            as
            a
            substitute
            for
            four
            quarters
            than
            the
            dollar
            bill
            because
            it
            weighs
            only
            8.1
            grams, far
            lighter than

(C)
            as
            a
            substitute
            for
            four
            quarters
            more
            than
            for
            the
            dollar
            bill
            because
            it
            weighs
            only
            8.1
            grams, far
            less than

(D)
            as
            a
            substitute
            for
            four
            quarters
            more
            than
            the
            dollar
            bill
            because
            its
            weight
            of
            only
            8.1
            grams
            is
            far lighter
            than
            it
            is
            for

(E)
            as
            a
            substitute
            more
            for
            four
            quarters
            rather
            than
            for
            the
            dollar
            bill
            because
            its
            weight, only
            8.1
            grams, is far
            less
            than
            it
            is
            for

(A)
                per
                capita consumption
                of
                cigarettes
                in
                California
                declined
                from
                over
                125
                packs
                annually
                per person
                to
                about
                60, a
                drop
                more
                than
                twice
                as
                great
                as

(B)
                annual
                per
                capita
                consumption
                of
                cigarettes
                in
                California
                declined
                from
                over
                125
                packs
                to
                abou 60, more
                than
                twice
                as
                great
                as
                that

(C)
                California's
                annual
                per
                capita
                consumption
                of
                cigarettes
                declined
                from
                over
                125
                packs
                per person
                to
                about
                60, more
                than
                twice
                as
                great
                as
                the
                drop

(D)
                California has
                seen
                per
                capita
                consumption
                of
                cigarettes
                decline
                from
                over
                125
                packs
                annually to
                about
                60, a
                drop
                more
                than
                twice
                as
                great
                as
                that

(E)
                California
                has
                seen
                annual
                per
                capita consumption
                of
                cigarettes
                decline
                from
                over
                125
                packs per
                person
                to
                about
                60, more
                than
                twice
                as
                great
                as
                that

106的答案是C，98的答案是D

106题中的“, far
                less than”，显然far是副词，去掉的话就是less than开头的一个独立主格。

而98题中的“, a
                drop
                more
                than”，笔记中专门提到，为了than前后对称，要加上a drop。

谁能帮忙看一下，为何more than引导独立主格的比较结构不可以，而less than就可以呢？

谢谢！

106题是it
            weighs
            far
            less than

98题要加上a drop,因为说的是drop是XX的两倍，如果不加就变成60是XX的两倍了

106不是独立主格呀，

形容词短语修饰相邻的名词....

106可以改成, a weight far lighter than, 在这里语法上是对的，但显然重复；

对于98来说，显然 a drop是指the decline from....to..., 要比用形容词短语明确很多呀。

我也有一个疑问，

a decade after initiating...., 这个后面的主语要对应initiating么？

a decade after...也算是壮语喽。

个人觉得，要的。除非在initiating前面加上the，变成动名词，不然这个现在分词的逻辑主语是不可避免的。

请问形容词短语修饰相邻名词，和独立主格的区别是什么？

我记得形容词短语本身也可以作独立主格，表主语状态。

再加一个问题，可能rorarora mm说的a weight far less than有点问题吧？前面并没有a weight这样的名词啊，而且a weight跟four quarters无法直接比较。

而counyo mm说的，it
            weighs
            far
            less than，我想可以说得过去，但还有个问题，从语法上来说，“it
            weighs
            only
            8.1
            grams, far
            less than four
            quarters”，后面不应该有个“do”吗？

感觉这里有歧义，让人误以为8.1 grams和four quarters直接比较，事实上我看题目的时候，就感觉搞不清楚four quarters是跟谁比较。一定要加上do，才算完整的进行了比较啊。不知各位怎么看？

因为LEss是副词 只可能修饰前方的WEIGH 所以不出现歧义