GWD12-30

dengxy80

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.

1. than
2. than born
3. than they were
4. than there had been
5. than had been born

Please teach how to judge between A & B? thanks!

mereiful

B的错误在于即便要补出动词，也应该是表被动的助动词而不应该是实义动词；此外，当比较对象的主谓结构相同时可以全部省略，而只保留有差异的介词部分。

fuchaoyang

看看这道题：

129. As a result of the continuing decline in the birth rate, less people will enter the labor force in the 1980’s than did in the 1960’s and 1970’s, a twenty year period during which people born after the war swelled the ranks of workers.

(A) less people will enter the labor force in the 1980’s than

(B) less people will be entering the labor force in the 1980’s as

(C) fewer people will enter the labor force in the 1980’s as

(D) fewer people will be entering the labor force in the 1980’s as（E）

(E) fewer people will enter the labor force in the 1980’s than

谓语动词可以省略么？

bobiouou

楼上的例子的谓语部分（时态）不一样，所以不能省略吧？偶觉得。

conquer

如果前面是do in 2000's，后面可以是will(do) in 2010's

如果前面是will do in 2010's,后面当然只能是did in 1990's

meimei5656

搜了搜Boston Magazine的记载：

 In 1996, Massachusetts became the first state in which more babies were born to women 30 and older than to women under 30, and the trend has only escalated since. 

比较一下看看。

jasminesome

what is the right answer anyway? A or E?