OG12 72 means 的用法

rosswye

More and more in recent years, cities are stressing
the arts as a means to greater economic development
and investing millions of dollars in cultural activities,
despite strained municipal budgets and fading federal
support.
(A) to greater economic development and investing
(B) to greater development economically and
investing
(C) of greater economic development and invest
(D) of greater development economically and invest
(E) for greater economic development and the
investment of

请问 as a means of, as a means for, as a means to 用法的区别

tonger

could you please post the OG explanation?

waixiaoxi

这是语法，不是逻辑。LZ发错版了。我这个问题也困扰的
不过我Google和金山词霸的时候 发现as a means of = as a means to 没有as a means for。 但是貌似OG说 as a means of 不对
不晓得为什么。

augest

The idiom as a means to correctly communicates that stressing the arts is a method for achieving greater economic development. The idiom as a means of would incorrectly suggest that stressing the arts is a kind of greater economic development. Th e
adjective economic is needed to modify the noun development, and investing must be parallel to stressing.
A Correct. Th e idiom as a means to is correct in this sentence; stressing and investing are parallel.
B Adverb economically is the wrong part of speech and conveys the incorrect meaning.
C Of should be to to form the correct idiom; invest should be investing to parallel stressing.
D Of should be to to form the correct idiom; adverb economically is the wrong part of
speech and conveys the incorrect meaning; invest should be investing to parallel stressing.
E As a means for is not idiomatic; the investment of is awkward and is not parallel to stressing.
Th e correct answer is A.  OG解释感觉没解释清楚~~

dowecho

when I googled those three phrases, I found that "as a means of" is the most used, "as a means to" is the second and "as a means for" is much less used.

I think OG gave a clear expanation on the differences between "as a means to" and "as a means of".  There are subtal differences in the meaning of "to" and "of".

preposition "to" suggests the meaning of "leading to the results of".  "of" suggests possession relationship of the preceding noun and the succeding noun.

zouweiyao

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以下是引用waixiaoxi在2010-1-28 6:55:00的发言：
这是语法，不是逻辑。LZ发错版了。我这个问题也困扰的
不过我Google和金山词霸的时候 发现as a means of = as a means to 没有as a means for。 但是貌似OG说 as a means of 不对
不晓得为什么。

 

agree