OG11-04

documentwei

A survey by the National Council of Churches showed that in 1986 there were 20,736 female ministers, almost 9 percent of the nation's clergy, twice as much as 1977.

A)twice as much as 1977

B)twice as many as 1977

C)double what it was in 1977

D)double the figure for 1977

E)a number double that of 1977's

The correct answer is D.

问题是double做什么？是谓语？时态为什么用原形？还有为什么用figure for 1977而不是figure of？

如果句子改为twice as many as it was in 1977是否正确？

documentwei

谢谢

ukstudynet

请LZ先查询以往旧的讨论贴，对照OG11已经非常成熟的讨论贴，问题基本都能得到解决。

studyabroads

double 是形容词，修饰the figure. 这里是句末的独立主格。

至于for 和 Of ，我个人觉得是习惯用法的问题。而且一般传说GMAT是不考介词用法的，也就是说题目选项可以不通过介词用法排除出来。

twice as many as it was in 1977 是OK的，这就形成了完整的比较结构。但是比较起来，不是不简洁么？

Open to discuss.........