og sc #4 ,thx

greendays

Need help with a problem , SC # 4  in og 11th edition

A survey by  the national councile of churchese showed that in 1986 there were 20763 female ministers . almost 9 percent of the nation's clergy , twice as much as 1977

a twice as much as 1977

b twice as many as 1977

c double what it was in 1977

d double the figure for 1977

correct ans is d . I knew why the others is wrong , But Why " double " shouldn't it be doubled . Since the whole sentence is using past tense ..

Thanks in advance for answering my quesion

bewithjessie

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yaoyao99

From the OG:

Some quantities, such as people, can be counted; other quantities, such as repsect, cannot.  It can be said that a person earned much respect, or that many people attended an event.  Here, much is incorrectly applied ot the ministers.  As 1977 incorrectly completes the comparsion; it would have to be as many as in 1977, which is not one of the possible answers.  Another way to make the comparsion emphasizes the number, 20,736; a number can be doubled.  Double the figure for 1977 places the focus on the number and correctly completes the comparsion.

A. Much incorrectly refers to ministers; as should be as in
B. As 1977 does not correctly complete this comparsion; it should be as in 1977
C. What it was is awkward, wordy and unclear
D. Correct.  Double the figure places the emphasis of the sentence on the number of ministers; for 1977 correctly completes the comparsion.
E. Wordy and awkward construction

Hope that helps!

bewithjessie

ya,I've read the notes from OG before I post this question after LZ.

OG doesn't explain why not "doubled".

Anyway,thanks for your help

ryan_jao

I think that it is a matter of diction.  To me, "double" is a transition verb, which means to make twice as many.  For example, my company doubled my salary.  The government doubled the tax.  Here we are looking for a quantitative state of describing the increase in female ministers.  Twice should be used instead of double.

deserg

"double the figure for 1977" 是在陈述一个事实，这里不存在过去关系。

greendays

Thanks for all the replis . But I am still confusing here.

if double is not verb here , what is it?

if it is adj , it should be the double figure , like a double bed

If it is adv , where is the word "double" modifies?

OR, double the figure is a positive statment , just address a fact .

there were 20763 female ministers . almost 9 percent of the nation's clergy ,isn't it just also address a fact ??

nickforget

here comes my question, since it is a complete sentence before the word "almost",why not use doubling? If double is correct,where is the conjunction between these two sentences?

thx!

greenpuma

My 2 cents.

The condos built up in this area are twice the number in another area.

The condos built up in this area are double the number in another area.

'double the number ' is an adjective phrase, a fixed usage.