one third

joywzy

Hery Ford’s factory was so efficient that by 1926 a new “model ” cost $310 , as low a price as one third of the original 1908 model.
A.    as low a price as one third of
B.    one third of
C.    a price one third of what had been
D.    a third the price of
E.    one third the price that had been on
Ans; D, I choose B

哪位朋友能不能介绍一下one third 这类的用法？或者是OG或LZM中哪里有讲到？谢谢。

joywzy

OG:

158. With only 5 percent of the world's population, United States citizens consume 28 percent of its nonrenewable resources, drive more than one-third of its automobiles, and use 21 times more water per capita than Europeans do.

With
As
Being
Despite having
Although accounting for

one third 后要直接加of ，根据OG158。

可是这道模考题，为什么是a third the price of？

能帮助讲讲吗？谢谢。

1stzhang

第一个句子里：one third做数词，所以直接加名词；第二个句子：one third做名词所以+of，两种用法都不错。

mindfree

It is a "logic" type of problem. Price of one object is compared to price of another object, not the object itself.

$310 (price) is one third the price of ...

Another example. I can only say "My salary is twice that of pete's", not "My salary is twice Pete"

joywzy

Thank u , mindfree and 1stzhang. I got it now.