一道prep题目，关于修辞结构和固定搭配：The number of people flying first class on domestic flights

小目标750

The number of people flying first class on domestic flights rose sharply in 1990, doubling the increase of the previous year.

A doubling the increase of

B doubling that of the increase in

C double as much as the increase of

D twice as many as the increase in

E twice as many as the increase of

这道题选A

排除CDE 因为double/twice as...是同位语修辞结构， 但是前面没有明确的被修饰的名词 ----》 排除B that 无指代对象---》 选A

以下是Ron 对于倍数和不同的名词的固定搭配的解释：

if you say "twice as many", then this construction should be paired with a countable noun.

e.g., twice as many dogs --> "dogs" is a countable noun

if you said "twice as much", then this construction should be paired with an uncountable noun.

e.g., twice as much water --> "water" is an uncountable noun

if the noun in question is already an explicitly numerical quantity, then you should use neither "much" nor "many". instead, you should just use "twice" or "double" by itself.

e.g., twice the increase --> "increase" is an explicitly numerical quantity

希望有人可以解答一下什么样的词语算是 “numerical quantity” ？？

感谢！

Atrika

当“非数字物体（即，这个名词本身没有纯粹的数字概念，例如dogs、cats等绝大多数名词）”比较时，我们通常会用double(twice) as much as或double(twice) as many as

但是，当“数字”比较时，我们不能加as many或as much，例如：
twice the increase；double the decrease

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莫澜22

是不是说 many/much 不能和 increase一起？我也看到了这道题 解释都不太一样

小目标750

海绵摆摆霜 发表于 2019-4-30 23:57
就是可以用某一数值来表示的东东

同意！               

海绵摆摆霜

就是可以用某一数值来表示的东东

小目标750

HoganTong 发表于 2019-4-24 20:56
你想想语义就明白了，我不能说我是你的两倍，但可以说我的体重是你的体重的两倍 ...

同意！               

HoganTong

小目标750 发表于 2019-4-24 19:34
看到Ron在另一篇文章有提到：there's nothing wrong with "twice ____", as long as "____" is some sort ...

你想想语义就明白了，我不能说我是你的两倍，但可以说我的体重是你的体重的两倍

小目标750

HoganTong 发表于 2019-4-24 19:15
意思就是：
-我200平米的豪宅is twice as large as你100平米的房子
-我的豪宅的面积double你的房子的面积 ...

看到Ron在另一篇文章有提到：there's nothing wrong with "twice ____", as long as "____" is some sort of numerical quantity.     twice the price/amount/extent/duration/quantity/number/average/rate/etc.  计量名词。  也就是说能被衡量的名词  比如价格，数量，面积     就可以“ 倍数直接加 计量名词搭配”

HoganTong

意思就是：
-我200平米的豪宅is twice as large as你100平米的房子
-我的豪宅的面积double你的房子的面积