every的用法

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four times as many as there were

I think this is the test point by ETS,not every......   in this question.  So when you look at "four times as many than" in Q, as..... than. should be replaced in choinces.   Anyway, what Cissy concluded is really helpful. Thank you

p200002

ETS解释得已经非常清楚了,ONE OF EVERY THIRTY-TWO Ys指的是一种比率,当然答案在ABC中选,ONE当然是单数嘍.

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joe11

再讨论 every 用法  [Longman]

[always followed by a singular countable noun]
1
used to refer to all the people or things in a particular group or all the parts of something
We looked carefully at every car that drove past.

Every child will receive a certificate at the end of the course.

I enjoyed every minute of the film.I listened carefully to every word he said.

every single (=used to emphasize that you mean 'all')

He seems to know every single person in the school.

every last drop/bit/scrap etc (=all of something, including even the smallest amount of it)

They made us pick up every last scrap of paper.

如果Longman 字典是对的，那么 every animal species 是不是有问题呢？

另有 every 32 pupils (OG89).

请教呀。

greatvampire

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joe11

American Heritage Book of English Usage     http://www.bartleby.com/64/C001/027.html

§ 27. every

Every is representative of a large class of English words and expressions that are singular in form but felt to be plural in sense. The class includes, for example, noun phrases introduced by every, any, and certain uses of some. These expressions invariably take a singular verb; we say Every car has (not have) been tested. Anyone is (not are) liable to fall ill. But when a sentence contains a pronoun that refers to a previous noun phrase introduced by every, grammar and sense pull in different directions. The grammar of these expressions requires a singular pronoun, as in Every car must have its brakes tested, but the meaning often leads people to use the plural pronoun, as in Every car must have their brakes tested. The use of plural pronouns in such cases is common in speech, but it is still widely regarded as incorrect in writing.	1
The effort to adhere to the grammatical rule causes complications, however. The first is grammatical. When a pronoun refers to a phrase containing every or any that falls within a different independent clause, the pronoun cannot be singular. Thus it is simply not English to say Every man left; he took his raincoat with him. Nor can you say No one could be seen, could he? If you are unwilling to use plural forms in these examples, you must find another way of expressing your meaning, either by rephrasing the sentence so as to get the pronoun into the same clause (as in Every man left, taking his raincoat with him) or by substituting another word for every or any (as in All the men left; they took their raincoats with them).	2
The second complication is political. When a phrase introduced by every or any refers to a group containing both men and women, what pronoun should you use? Consider the example Every person in this office must keep track of his (her? his or her? their?) own expenses. This matter is discussed at he under Gender.

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colacat

再问 choice C there is now one microcomputer for every thirty-two pupils, four times as many as there were

为什么是were，而不是was

chelin_wu1220

four times as many as there were 的主语是computer,所以要用were

因为如果four times 是指every thirty-two students or the ratio(one computer for every thirty-two students的话

都是在逻辑上说不通的

benjaminshufe

本来正在困惑中， 现在明白了!谢谢!

Dennies

89. A recent national study of the public schools shows that there are now one microcomputer for every thirty-two pupils, four times as many than there were four years ago.
A. there are now one microcomputer for every thirty-two pupils, four times as many than there were
B. there is now one microcomputer for every thirty-two pupils, four times as many than there were
C. there is now one microcomputer for every thirty-two pupils, four times as many as there were
D. every thirty-two pupils now have one microcomputer, four times as many than there were
E. every thirty-two pupils now has one microcomputer, four times as many as

本题语法总结如下:

now one microcomputer for every thirty-two pupils是比率的正确表示方法,four times as many as 是修饰前面整个比率的,THERE WERE后省略了microcomputer for pupils

用3-2的做法,D.Eevery thirty-two pupils now have one microcomputer不是表示比率,four times as many as修饰thirty-two pupils 在逻辑上说不过.

every thirty-two pupils 还是一个复数概念,应用HAVE