OG-251

From OG-251
The gyrfalcon, an Arctic bird of prey, has survived a close brush with extinction; its numbers are now five times greater than when the use of DDT was sharply restricted in the early 1970’s.
A extinction; its numbers are now five times greater than
B extinction; its numbers are now five times more than
C extinction, their numbers now fivefold what they were
D extinction, now with fivefold the numbers they had
E extinction, now with numbers five times greater than
Which choice is correct and why? I think all the “numbers” in the choices are wrong.

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redhat发表于 2002-11-12 10:25 | 只看该作者

ans. is A.
as explained in OG, in B, the construction its numbers....are more is not idiomatic.

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jeannette发表于 2002-11-13 11:47 | 只看该作者

我是说当我们说一种东西的数量时,不是要用the number of ... is ...吗?怎么这里是its numbers are 呢? 谢谢!

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zjcnxiao发表于 2002-11-13 15:52 | 只看该作者

OG的解释是说如果用MORE，就应该来修饰这种动物，而不是其NUMBERS。用GREATER修饰NUMBERS更准确些。该题的考点我想应该是在这里。

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investdaily发表于 2002-11-14 05:20 | 只看该作者

Greater is for number; more is for quantity.
i.e. Two is greater than one; I have tow more apples than before.

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philixlau发表于 2002-11-14 18:50 | 只看该作者

以下是引用investdaily在2002-11-14 5:20:44的发言：
Greater is for number; more is for quantity.
i.e. Two is greater than one; I have tow more apples than before.

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