OG 72

Aren

72. The number of undergraduate degrees in engineering awarded by colleges and universities in the United States( increased by more than twice )from 1978 to 1985.
A.        increased by more than twice
B.        increased more than two times
C.        more than doubled
D.        was more than doubled
E.        had more than doubled

The key is:c
Why not B

siebel

why B?

心静

B有歧义，可以表示为“提高了两次”也可以是“提高了两倍”

braveMBA

INCREASE同TWO TIMES是重复的，不能这样使用。个人观点。

Aren

Thanks a lot

patrick

OG解释的很清楚了，TWO TIMES会有歧义

jchenk12

I saw a good explaination in another website. hope that help!

OG 72 tests you Conciseness and Grammar.

Answee D and E are not correct grammar. "Double" is a "vt". so it sould not be used as " be doubled....When you see the phrase "from time to time", please use the "past tense". ex: He was a president of China from 1990 to 1995...

Answer A is correct because "by" is awkward. Twice is a adv and can't be as an object. Remember that only "Noun" can be an object.
Ex: He got rid of only.... (wrong)

Answer B: two times can be replaced by "twice. two times is too wordy.

Only C is concise and correct...

hawkinsxie

以下是引用jchenk12在2003-5-25 15:40:00的发言：
I saw a good explaination in another website. hope that help!

OG 72 tests you Conciseness and Grammar.

Answee D and E are not correct grammar. "Double" is a "vt". so it sould not be used as " be doubled....When you see the phrase "from time to time", please use the "past tense". ex: He was a president of China from 1990 to 1995...

Answer A is correct because "by" is awkward. Twice is a adv and can't be as an object. Remember that only "Noun" can be an object.
Ex: He got rid of only.... (wrong)

Answer B: two times can be replaced by "twice. two times is too wordy.

Only C is concise and correct...

不说还好，越说越糊涂。

1. increase twice 可以成立吗？
2. increase by 后面除了具体number或percent，还有其他可能吗？

番茄笑了

以下是引用jchenk12在2003-5-25 15:40:00的发言：
I saw a good explaination in another website. hope that help!

OG 72 tests you Conciseness and Grammar.

Answee D and E are not correct grammar. "Double" is a "vt". so it sould not be used as " be doubled....When you see the phrase "from time to time", please use the "past tense". ex: He was a president of China from 1990 to 1995...

Answer A is correct because "by" is awkward. Twice is a adv and can't be as an object. Remember that only "Noun" can be an object.
Ex: He got rid of only.... (wrong)

Answer B: two times can be replaced by "twice. two times is too wordy.

Only C is concise and correct...

我同意上贴对Choice D, E and A 的解释。但是我个人认为，in Choice B two times 意思是增长了两次而不是原文的增长了两倍的意思，B错了是因为它改变的原文的意思与简洁无关。

brissa

以下是引用hawkinsxie在2005-3-26 11:14:00的发言：

不说还好，越说越糊涂。

1. increase twice 可以成立吗？
2. increase by 后面除了具体number或percent，还有其他可能吗？

也想知道答案的说

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