BusinessWeek-Jan24 句子理解

apple1

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！

apple1

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。

assfgrtrtr

I can't explain... Someone else here should be able... I guess estimate would be the predicate and there omits a to before range, with range as a verb...

But in my point, the articles in B.W. are not necessarily built in the so-called "formal written English", which is recommended by ETS. B.W. is a good reading material, but not necessarily the best STUDYING material. We've got OG, GWD, Tianshan... All of them are better, at least for grammatical study...

The sentence here, for example, has some major flaws:

1. The subject of expect is Japan, and the expect should be expects.

2. The evidence is thin... Japan... expects anemic growth is illogical: the anemic has negative meaning, and therefore cannot be logically used with thin.

3. The awkward estimates and range: were my explanation accurate, there should be a that after expect and a to before range... Both of two points are serious issue... in the logics of ETS.

lololo

我认为range from ..to..是动词形式； estimates 是名词，是growth 的修饰语，而growth是range from..to..的主语。