rate 不能用more than 修饰，OG上明确有说。

founder

5: While the rate of mainstream American business failing is more than half, the failure rate for business in a certain country hovers around 5%.

C: while more than half of mainstream American business fails

The correct answer offered is C.

反正A不对。rate 不能用more than 修饰，OG上明确有说。

can anyone paste sth IN THE og about rate 不能用more than 修饰??

thank you

homechina

以下是引用shanxing在2005-4-13 11:31:00的发言：

more than用来修饰可数名词比较常见，并且rate这类词，和length, width, 等等要用特殊的表征词汇，比如high, short, 。。。。。。。。

yes, agree...........

shanxing

more than用来修饰可数名词比较常见，并且rate这类词，和length, width, 等等要用特殊的表征词汇，比如high, short, 。。。。。。。。

mjiirggh

rate 当然要用higher than.