以下是引用ringcheng在2005-3-12 16:48:00的发言:要看到比较的对象是:“demographers将来需要知道的东西” 要比“他们现在知道的东西”多,比较的是宾语,而在:“know a great deal more than now ”中,是用状语now去比较宾语, 所以是不对的。 其实在这句话中than是充当准关系代词,代替前面know的宾语,所以这句话补齐时应该是:The demographers would have to know a great deal more than (the knowledge that) they do(know) now. 所以they do需要补出。相应的例子有补充材料中的这句:Since the movie was released seventeen UFOs have been sighted in the state, more than had been sighted in the past ten years. 在比较句中,比较从句的主谓一般需要补出,在不影响原句意思及不产生歧义的前提下,比较从句的主谓才可以省略。
如果补全以后是我标成黄色的,那肯定就是错的了,因为按ring改的,they do都变成宾语从句了.
我还是觉得they do是可以省略的.下面又是一个例句,答案是A,
GWD-12-Q30:
According to public health officials, in 1998 Massachusetts became the first state in which more babies were born to women over the age of thirty than under it.
- than
- than born
- than they were
- than there had been
- than had been born
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