BusinessWeek-Jan24 句子理解

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Pessimistic economists say
the evidence is thin that Japan ever fully emerged from its 10-year funk and
expect anemic growth in 2005 Gross domestic product growth estimates for the
fiscal year that starts on Apr. 1 range from a near-recessionary 0.5% to a
healthy 2.4%.

请问句中的range是名词还是动词，以及和前面estimates的关系。谢谢！

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Pessimistic economists say the evidence is thin that Japan ever fully emerged from its 10-year funk and
expect anemic growth in 2005 Gross domestic product growth estimates for the
fiscal year that starts on Apr. 1 range from a near-recessionary 0.5% to a
healthy 2.4%.

呵呵。看来businessweek确实有时会出现些不正规的语法。但可能也不象楼上说得那么多吧。我的理解是say和expect都是pessimisticeconomists的谓语，所以楼上说的1，2点错误应该不成立。关键在于那个range和estimates的关系。我感觉是在range前面省略了which,当然ETS肯定认为这是错的。同时，不知是不是也可以把range看成是名词，作estimates的一种同位语修饰成分?俺的语法不好，请大家指正。