求助. 看Ron的视频截图 有一个关于比较的疑问

angelann728

Though less obviously visible, termites does significantly more damage to homes than branches from trees.
D termites do significantly more damage to homes than
E termites do significantly more damage to homes than do
按照我的理解 这是道主谓宾齐全的宾语比较 即 termites do more damage to homes than they do to branches. 白蚁对家造成的危害比对树枝大
而按照RON给的解释：
D is ambiguous， 因为有可能是宾语比较，有可能是主语比较，故选E消除歧义
我觉得E说不通 白蚁对家造成的危害比树枝对家造成的危害大
而且按他这样归纳，宾语比较们都算歧义了么？ 是不是我理解的有偏差 求指点~

疯狂的狐狸

同不解 求大神

masaki006

前两天做题时刚遇到过主语不同，但谓语宾语相同时比较的后半部分会只写出主语谓语宾语省略，也就是说是和D完全一样的情况，（但此处的语义branches并不是主语）。如果是E的情况，即补一个do出来就消除了刚才所说的可能性了，branches只可能是宾语了。
至于如何比较宾语一时找不到例子，等找到了之后贴上来讨论吧

纯个人观点，如有错误，欢迎各位指正。

推嫂

主语和宾语的比较曼哈顿里有的
Ambiguous:Ilike cheese more than Yvette. {Yvettecould be subject or object.}
Right:I like cheese more than Yvette DOES. (::::than Yvette likes cheese)
Right:I like cheese more than IDO Yvette. (= than I like Yvette)
题主这个应该是只有E符合语法规则，虽然意思挺别扭的

MAXFIN

从gmatclub 找到的两个解释，给大家参考一下吧～我决定不纠结这道题啦
解释一：
D changes the meaning of the sentence from comparing the damage that termites and branches to homes. It changes it to saying that termites cause more damage to homes than the damage termites cause to branches.

You need the do to show that the damage to homes caused by branches and termites is being explained.       

解释二：
First, can there be such a blatant error such as ‘termites does’ at the very start? This is too basic an error, for a 600 to 700 level question. Any way A and C are gone;

Secondly, there cannot exist a comparison between termites and branches, or between home and branches, all different things. So all the choices including E are wrong

Thirdly, basic parallelism demands – “to homes …. to branches”. The ‘to’ here is a preposition and not an infinitive , in which we can skip the second “to” without disrupting //ism , as we can see in the following example.

A recent study has found that within the past few years, many doctors have elected ‘to retire’ early rather than ‘face’ the threats of lawsuits and the rising costs of malpractice insurance.

Here the ‘to’ that we skip is part of the infinite structure to retire and (to) face

The poster will do well to check his source, in order to justify the choice of the OA, in the light of the faulty comparison       

liaonotliao

这道题正确答案背后包含了 树枝会损坏房屋homes。
虽然我也不知道为什么树枝会损坏房屋？

半生瓜

顶楼主！               

starry0328

支持楼主，感觉只有语法说得通，逻辑说不通