诚心求教诊断测试SC第39题

flyfairy019

39. According to scholars, the earliest writing was probably not a direct rendering of speech, but was more likely to begin as a separate and distinct symbolic system of communication, and only later merged with spoken language.

A. was more likely to begin as
B. more than likely began as
C. more than likely beginning from
D. it was more than likely begun from
E. it was more likely that it began

我的疑问主要是关于A， OG对A的解释是“In this context, more likely is not a complete idiomatic expression; was…to begin is not
parallel to was and merged.” 后半句关于平行结构的解释我能理解，但前半句说“more likely”不是一个完整的惯用表达，是这样么？more+likely不就是形容词比较级么？

诚求各位大牛帮助，谢谢。

angelcity

likely:
adj. 很可能的；合适的；有希望的
adv. 很可能；或许
比较级more likely 或 likelier  最高级most likely 或 likeliest,more likely的却是比较级,是比较级就要跟than.
可以不跟than的只有选择句式,如下:
I'm older than Sam.
前后句式
Which one is better, the blue one or the white one?
选择句式

cakeala

more 要跟THAN，所以不完整

flyfairy019

求大牛帮忙

flyfairy019

对了，答案是B