E中那个 are 太诡异了 谁能解释一下

lllmmm

According to analysts, an alliance between three major personal computer companies and most of the nation’s largest local telephone companies would enable customers to receive internet data over regular telephone lines with speeds much higher than is currently possible.
是at   speeds,  quitAB,   that单数，quitD
A.    with speeds much higher than is
B.    with speeds that are much higher than are
C.    at much higher speeds as are
D.    at much higher speeds than that
E.    at speeds much higher than are
E中那个are是怎么冒出来的？？？

lonelyorchid

ARE is for the agreement of be verb and its subject "speeds". Since speed is in its plural form "be" should be  "are".
the part after than is an anastrophe with ellipsis. the full version in narative order should be "than the currently possible speeds are".