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二丫zheng

There is a widespread belief in the United States and Western Europe that young people have a smaller commitment to work and a career than their parents and grandparents and that the source of the change lies in the collapse of the "work ethic."

(A) a smaller commitment to work and a career than their parents and grandparents
(B) less of a commitment to work and a career than their parents and grandparents
(C) a smaller commitment to work and a career than that of their parents and grandparents
(D) less of a commitment to work and a career than their parents and grandparents had
(E) a lessening of the commitment to work and a career that their parents and grandparents had

C选项为什么不对呢？that指代commitment ，the conmmitment of their parents and gradparents 和前面的commitment比较不可以吗？

jaze

你能加上下划线吗？

jy4780163

the conmmitment of their parents and gradparents 和前面的commitment

你看这两个比较对等么。。。the conmmitment of their parents and gradparents 应该和the conmmitment of young people 对等的~

南瓜妹妹

D 选项正解：a commitment (to work) 和 a career 是平行的，也就是说这二者是less of 修饰的并列成分。
C 选项错在：如果选C，那么smaller就只能修饰 commitment , 而career则没有了比较级的修饰了，改编句意。