As many as or more than 为什么不可以

wildbean

Manhattan语法，P169
Idiom中 Than的用法下面将As many as or more than 250 newspapers are published here列为wrong, LZ表示不理解~望指点

12604698

我觉得应该从语义上理解, "等于或者大于250报纸被出版" 不是日常的读法。
而且as many as 250 newspapers 其实就是 250 newspapers。
gmat语法中这种结构的确算wordy的。
看下面这道题，选c
Organized in 1966 by the Fish and Wildlife Service, the Breeding Bird Survey uses annual roadside counts along established routes for monitoring of population changes of as many as, or of more than 250 bird species, including 180 songbirds.
A. for monitoring of population changes of as many as, or of
B. to monitor population changes of as many, or
C. to monitor changes in the populations of
D. that monitors population changes of
E. that monitors changes in populations of as many as, or

og解释：“Neither A nor B produces the idiomatic phrase "... as many as, or more than, 250 ..."--a phrase that would be needlessly wordy here.”

dliu64

as many as more than 不concise

wildbean

嗯，Thank you~虽然在原因上还没有特别清楚，就把它看作wrong，或至少wordy

奔奔宝贝

12604698 发表于 2011-12-1 22:23
我觉得应该从语义上理解, "等于或者大于250报纸被出版" 不是日常的读法。 而且as many as 250 newspapers  ...

如果要把“as many as or more than....”这个句子改正确，是不是可以写成“at least  as many as...” ，还是这种表述也是wordy的，干脆写成“at least...”?       是不是as many as 本身就是wordy的，不应该出现，而把这个词组拆开用，比如说“I have as many apples as you .”就没有问题了？

cdbgin009

这个表达的就是at least的意思，有一个简洁的说法在这里，就别用wordy的了