死活搞不懂的than后面要不要加those of

Aniita

看了几篇已有的分析than的省略的，然而还是没懂不知道会不会有好心人看到回复下……

OG16版
90题里：
Prices at the producer level are only 1.3 percent higher now than a year ago
在答案里改成了than those of a year ago

而104题：
Heating-oil prices are expected to be higher this year than last
就是正确的

WHY？！

类似已经错了几道了……
都是those of
求解答啊

Aniita

好难过

danielz1992

其实这2道题目是有很大区别的，楼主你一定要注意理解句子语意
Question 90：
Prices at the producer level are only 1.3 percent higher now than those of a year ago. 在这里those of 是指prices at the producer level.  这句句子的those of 是指代 price at the producer level or Price
如果不用those Of 的话比较对象会很模糊。

However in Q 104:
Heating-oil prices are expected to be higher this year than last because......
这里的subject (主语） 是很贴近than 的你只有可能在拿今年heating-oil prices 和去年的heating-oil prices 在比，所以可以省略those of 的指代

Aniita

danielz1992 发表于 2016-1-17 15:38
其实这2道题目是有很大区别的，楼主你一定要注意理解句子语意
Question 90：
Prices at the producer level ...

所以是可能造成歧义的就要加    不会造成歧义的就可以省是么

cindyzhoulanbj

Both of the comparision are correct -
Q104:  Prices are higher this year than last year.
Q90:   Prices are higher now than those of a year ago.

For instance, all of the following are correct -

I eat more than Tom .
I eat more than Tom does.
I eat more in the restaurants than at home.

The reasons that pick up choice A as correct one for Q104 are:
- "higher....over" is not right, so eliminate B, D.
- Chocie C: 1) the comparision is "expectations"  vs. "last year's".  2) "last year's" is not correct.
- Choice E: 1) "last year's" is not correct. 2) "Refiners pay $5 a barrel for crude oil more than they did." is not correct. It should be " Refiners pay $5 a barrel more for crude oil than they did".


For Q90 :
- "higher.... as" eliminate D and E;
-Choice A: The meaning of the sentence talks about the present situation : Prices now are only slightly higher than a year ago; flodds and drought are hurting crops; Consequently, the prices are raising.  So, the past tense " raised" is not correct.

- Choice C means " Prices are only slightly higher now than a year ago and (prices) are hurting crops and therefore raising corn prices."  You can find the purple part is totally wrong.

Aniita

cindyzhoulanbj 发表于 2016-1-20 20:55
Both of the comparision are correct -
Q104:  Prices are higher this year than last year.
Q90:   Pri ...

THANKS SO MUCH!!!

geraintjyj

我也一直不明白这个
OG20#875
wild animals have less total fat than that of livestock fed on grain......
解析说这个that 没有指代对象