【请忽略】a land area about the same size as Great Britain对吗？

成成儿

题目：
prep08_1 SC 186

Laos has a land area about the same as GreatBritain but only 4 million in population, where many are members of hilltribes ensconced in the virtually inaccessible mountain valleys of the north.

A.   about the same as Great Britain but only 4 million in population, wheremany

B.    of about the same size as Great Britain is, but in Laos there is a populationof only 4 million, and many

C.   that is about the same size as Great Britain's land area, but in Laoswith a population of only 4 million people, many of them

D.   comparable to the size of Great Britain, but only 4 million in population,and many(E)

E.    comparable to that of Great Britain but a population of only 4 millionpeople, many of whom

choiceA中加上size，但不加that of。不看后面but部分。

即：Laos has a land area about the same size as Great Britain，这个句子对吗？ 查了一些资料，发现这个应该是错的。

在网上看到几个类似的说法，不过发现和我上面的句子还是有很大区别。
网上的有：
Australia is roughly the same size as the United States with less than a tenth of the people.   Australia和 the United States比较
Venus is almost the same sizeas Earth.  Venus 和Earth比较
所以，如果句子是----Laos is about the same size as Great Britain. 应该是对的；
但Laos has a land area about the same size as Great Britain是错的，应该补全---Laos has a land area about the same size as that of Great Britain.

成成儿

benjaminsandro 发表于 2015-4-16 14:57
呃= =|||
查了一下，about貌似确实可以直接这样用.......
sorry，之前一直只注意about表达近似时的副词用 ...

介词短语基本什么都可以修饰呢，Manhattan里有这个知识点~~
谢谢Benjamin啦

benjaminsandro

成成儿 发表于 2015-4-16 10:00
谢谢Benjamin~~

第二句的about就是介词啊？about the same size修饰前面的a land area，这样不对么？

呃= =|||
查了一下，about貌似确实可以直接这样用.......
sorry，之前一直只注意about表达近似时的副词用法。

原回复已改

成成儿

benjaminsandro 发表于 2015-4-16 00:13
我的看法：
Laos has a land area about the same size as Great Britain.——错
Laos has a land area abo ...

谢谢Benjamin~~

第二句的about就是介词啊？about the same size修饰前面的a land area，这样不对么？
第二句应该是对的，来自prep08，我一开始以为about the same size修饰的是Laos，其实修饰的是靠近的a land area，这样的话后面比较的也应该是a land area of Great Britain.

所以不太明白你这句话的意思：

Laos has a land area about the same size as that of Great Britain.——错
这两句的主干抽出来是：Laos has a land area size.显然不对。area和size中间缺介词。

最后两句不是GMAT的材料，主要是不知道怎么描述size，就Google了一下~~~

benjaminsandro

改：
Laos has a land area about the same size as Great Britain.——错在将land area和Great Britain对比。
Laos has a land area about the same size as that of Great Britain.——正确

Australia is roughly the same size as the United States with less than a tenth of the people.
Venus is almost the same sizeas Earth.
这两句话都是一个结构：XXX is size.
SIZE是个数据，不是国家/行星范畴，严格来讲这两个句子都不对。
——已然认为这两句不严谨，需要在is后面加上of/about