关于twice higher than，即比较用法的问题

a592128

在Manhattn中认为这种用法不行，原因如图，
但是在OG里，却有如下的用法
Because the Earth’s crust is more solid there and thus better able to transmit shock waves, an earthquake of a given magnitude typically devastates an area 100 times greater in the eastern United States than it does in the West.

(A) of a given magnitude typically devastates an area 100 times greater in the eastern United States than it does in the West
(B) of a given magnitude will typically devastate 100 times the area if it occurs in the eastern United States instead of the West
(C) will typically devastate 100 times the area in the eastern United States than one of the comparable magnitude occurring in the West
(D) in the eastern United States will typically devastate an area 100 times greater than will a quake of comparable magnitude occurring in the West
(E) that occurs in the eastern United States will typically devastate 100 times more area than if it occurred with comparable magnitude in the West

key

可是D里的100 times greated 按照Manhattn的说法不是不对的吗？
好困惑

a592128

啊。。key旁边怎么变成笑脸了答案是D

yeye523

greater是可以修饰area的size的，最近刚看到的：same is true for "faster than the speed of...", "taller than the height of...", etc. -- all wrong, for either of these two reasons：
a RATE can't be FAST.
* the rate can be high;
* the increase itself can be fast.
similarly,
a height can't be tall (a person can be tall, or a height can be greater than...)
a bank account can't be rich (a person can be rich, or a bank account can contain a large amount of money)
etc.
lest you think this is just a matter of excessive nitpicking on our part, this difference is corroborated by several official problems.

echomaotw

EARN 用HIGHER THAN 不对
EARN可以用MORE THAN， AS MUCH AS

a592128

THX!!!!