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yiyi20

154. In 1791 Robert Carter III, one of the wealthiest plantation owners in Virginia, stunned his family, friends, and neighbors by filing a deed of emancipa-tion, setting free the more than 500 slaves who were legally considered his property.
(A) setting free the more than 500 slaves who were legally considered
(B) setting free more than the 500 slaves legally considered as
(C) and set free more than 500 slaves, who were legally considered as
(D) and set free more than the 500 slaves who were legally considered
(E) and he set free the more than 500 slaves who were legally considered as

answer:a
我想请问the more than 500 slaves和more than the 500 slaves的语法区别,类似的
还有176中的the 50,000 to 100,000 different genes与50,000 to 100,000 different genes的区别.

cook

the meaning is different.
1. "the more than 500 slaves who were legally considered" means that "the ...slaves" all were legally considered his ...
2."more than the 500 slaves legally considered as"  is saying "only 500 slaves legally consided as his, but he set free other's , more than his own 500 slaves"

same way you can understand the following.

lucylu

agree with cook.[em12]