一道比较的题目，有点晕

qiongle

The number of people flying first class on domestic flights rose sharply in 1990, doubling the increase of the previous year.

• Adoubling the increase of
• Bdoubling that of the increase in
• Cdouble as much as the increase of
• Dtwice as many as the increase in
• Etwice as many as the increase of
  

求大N解释一下5个选项的对错和理由。

qiongle

这几个比较，排除只剩A E，为啥E不对哈？

fightingxuxu

这是我在一个帖子上看到的大牛的解说，希望能帮到你哈~

关于twice as many/much as结构：
(1) If you say "twice as many", then this construction should be paired with acountable noun. e.g., twice as many dogs --> "dogs" is a countable noun
(2) If you said "twice as much", then this construction should be paired with anuncountable noun. e.g., twice as much water --> "water" is an uncountable noun
(3) If the noun in question is already an explicitly numerical quantity, then you should use neither "much" nor "many". Instead, you should just use "twice" or "double" by itself. e.g., twice the increase --> "increase" is an explicitly numerical quantity
(4) These rules are followed pretty closely. so, for instance: twice as much water --> correct, since "water" is an uncountable noun (but is not an explicitly numerical quantity) twice the water... --> incorrect, since water is not a numerical quantity twice as much as the increase... --> incorrect; redundant twice the increase... --> correct

qiongle

fightingxuxu 发表于 2013-8-19 20:16
这是我在一个帖子上看到的大牛的解说，希望能帮到你哈~

关于twice as many/much as结构：

3kx~~~~~~~

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fightingxuxu 发表于 2013-8-19 20:16
这是我在一个帖子上看到的大牛的解说，希望能帮到你哈~

关于twice as many/much as结构：

同意！