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val_2008

不解。。。哪位NN来解释一下

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以前遇到the numbers 经常是错的，这个题注重考平行对称，那number只能解释为不同种类的数量，所以用复数
比如这道题
When the technique known as gene-splicing was invented in the early 1970's, it was feared that scientists might inadvertently create an "Andromeda strain," a microbe never before seen on Earth that might escape from the laboratory and it would kill vast numbers of humans who would have no natural defenses against it.

(A) it would kill vast numbers of humans who would have no natural defenses against it
(B) it might kill vast numbers of humans with no natural defenses against it
(C) kill vast numbers of humans who would have no natural defenses against it
(D) kill vast numbers of humans who have no natural defenses against them
(E) kill vast numbers of humans with no natural defenses against them
答案是C
BEATTHEGMAT论坛的解释是
Hey guys

So, technically "THE numbers of" or "A numbers of" is wrong - that whole thing, including the article in front, not just "numbers of." You can have "numbers of" without those articles, as in the example at the top of the thread.

(You can also, technically, have "the numbers of" if you are literally talking about multiple numbers - eg, two players have the numbers 7 and 13 on their jerseys, and I say "the numbers of the jerseys are 7 and 13." But that kind of set-up would be very unusual on this test.)

Also, remember that there's almost always an obscure exception to any rule you can think of. Annoying, but true. ("Being" is not always wrong either - it's just almost always wrong on the GMAT.) Because of the frequent, obscure exceptions, we should mostly just worry about the most likely / primary rules.

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New Jersey's is one of the five highest number of reported cases of Lyme disease in the United States. D
(A) New Jersey's is one of the five highest number of reported
(B) New Jersey's is one of the five highest numbers in reporting
(C) New Jersey has a report of one of the five highest numbers of
(D) New Jersey has one of the five highest numbers of reported
(E) New Jersey reports one of the five highest number of

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还是beatthegmat论坛一位instructor的对上题的解释
In that other thread, I said that you can say "the numbers of" in the rare circumstance that you are literally talking about multiple, different numbers. And that's exactly what we're talking about here. Construct a scenario to illustrate:

New Jersey has 10 reported cases
New York has 14 reported cases
Hawaii has 9 reported cases
Maine has 12 reported cases
Michigan has 8 reported cases.

There are five numbers: 8, 9, 10, 12, and 14. If I tell you these are the five highest (of all of the states), then New Jersey's number (10) is among the five highest numbers. Make sense?