SC一题求解答

dypig1234

There is a widespread belief in the US and Western Europe that young people have a smaller commitment to work and a career than their parents and grandparents and that the source of the change lies in the collapse of the " work ethic ".
A. a smaller commitment to work and a career than their parents and grandparents
B. less of a commitment to work and a career than their parentsand grandparents
C. a smaller commitment to work and a career than that of their parents and grandparents
D. less of a commitment to work and a career than their parentsand grandparents had
E. a lessening of the commitment to work and a career that their parents and grandparents had

答案是D,我选的A,我想请教一下，a smaller commitment这种表达不可以吗？
我倒是觉得less of a commitment有点awkward

dypig1234

没有搞懂哎~
估计只能从平行的角度选答案了

778879147

i eat more apples than Tom (does)
这里必须要加上does啊……
不然会产生歧义，
不知道你是吃apple还是吃tom啊……

同意楼上说的，如果than后面结的是object才不用补足助动词

不过，我也不明白
less of a commitment
楼主搞清楚了吗？看起来好奇怪的结构！

soojin3215

你理解错了。。i eat more apples than XXX……后面的这个XXX必须是object，如果这要是Tom，就必须是Tom does。

dypig1234

多谢多谢，但是我记得 i eat more apples than Tom这种表达应该可以吧，省略了Tom后面的do,
我看Manhattan是这么说的，主要是为了防止ambiguity,
比如 i like pizza more than AAA, we dont know what AAA actually is, then we can't omit the verb in case of ambiguity.
改为，i like pizza more than AAA do( AAA is a person)
或者，i like pizza more than AAA( AAA is a kind of food)
所以还是有点小纠结~

EthanEthan

a smaller commitment这种表达我也不知道对不对。。。但是their parents and grandparents 后面一定要加had的呀，要不就可以理解成是他们的父辈和work career比较了