求助prep1 中的一道关于省略的题 大家来发表一下自己的看法吧

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Employment costs rose 2.8 percent in the 12 months that ended in September, slightly less than they did in the year that ended in the previous quarter.

(A) less than they did

(B) less than it did

(C) less than they were

(D) lower than

(E) lower than they were
正确答案是A。我选的D。不是有规定，说在比较句中，如主谓结构相同，则主谓可省，只保留状语从句或介词短语么。

例如：i work harder than i worked in the past。=i work harder than in the past。但为什么D不对呢？期待解答~~~~

yahoochao

盼NN解答~~~~~~

windypig123

不用Low修饰 和钱有关的东西 一般都用less修饰

JayNicholas

请问LZ    A 答案里面的 THEY 指代什么？

zhaoyiqing

THEY 指代Employment costs
首先省略要在意义明确的情况下
当然这题还是比较明确的
由于选择的是最优选项 LOW很少用
这里A明显比较好 能省最好 不省也可以
不是CORRECTNESS的判断

果汁软糖

Employment costs rose 2.8 percent in the 12 months that ended in September, slightly less than they did in the year that ended in the previous quarter.
(A) less than they did
(D) lower than
个人觉得这题省略的部分是(the percentge by which) they did( rise), 从逻辑意义上来看，比较的对象是两个年度的增长率

yahoochao

THEY 指代Employment costs
首先省略要在意义明确的情况下
当然这题还是比较明确的
由于选择的是最优选项 LOW很少用
这里A明显比较好 能省最好 不省也可以
不是CORRECTNESS的判断

-- by 会员 zhaoyiqing (2010/4/4 21:13:02)

嗯~~解释的挺清楚，明白了，谢谢O(∩_∩)O~

yahoochao

不用Low修饰 和钱有关的东西 一般都用less修饰

-- by 会员 windypig123 (2010/4/4 16:37:13)

恩~多谢指教~~