请教关于means的介词搭配

floraxycn

means of和means to都存在是吧，请问两者有什么区别吗？例题：

19. More and more in recent years, cities are stressing the arts as a means to greater economic development and investing millions of dollars in cultural activities, despite strained municipal budgets and fading federal support.
(A) to greater economic development and investing
(B) to greater development economically and investing
(C) of greater economic development and invest
(D) of greater development economically and invest
(E) for greater economic development and the investment of

答案是A，如果把C的investing是不是也对呢？

liumin617

以下摘自曼哈顿语法P160
MEANS

RIGHT: music education is A MEANS TO improved cognition

WRONG: music education is A MEANS OF improved cognition
              music education is A means for improved cognition
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其实我对这个说法有点confuse, 因为means of transportation是我们经常的用法...我在google搜, 结果一下子搜到这里来了, 原来我们都有一样的问题

liumin617

http://forum.chasedream.com/GMAT_SC/thread-512580-1-1.html

你可以看看这个帖子噢~