GWD24-9

[hvan]

請教SELVICHY：
如果答案是B的話 那and reaching的主詞是誰？這邊的and是誰跟誰做平衡？
謝謝～～

參考一下 ：

主詞是 a number of students！
原因：看 and 的位置，其後的 ",at nearly 47 million," 算是補充?!
可以略過不看，所以對應的主詞還是a number of students

有錯的話請指教囉 ^^

[Lory]

24-9 Part of the proposed increase in state education spending is due to higher enrollment, since the number of students in public schools have grown steadily since the mid-1980’s and, at nearly 47 million, are at a record high.

(A) enrollment, since the number of students in public schools have grown steadily since the mid-1980’s and, at nearly 47 million, are at
(B) enrollment, with a number of students in public schools growing steadily since the mid-1980’s and, at nearly 47 million, reaching
(C) enrollment: since students in public schools have grown steadily in number since the mid-1980’s and, at nearly 47 million, have reached
(D) enrollment: the number of students in public schools has grown steadily since the mid-1980’s and, at nearly 47 million, has reached
(E) enrollment: students in public schools have grown steadily in number, since the mid-1980’s and, at nearly 47 million, are at


這題達按給D 但是我選E 請問高手如何解答

我覺得如果答案是B的話，劃線部分要改成
enrollment, with a number of students in public schools having grown steadily since the mid-1980's and at nearly 47 million, having reached a record high.這樣才平衡，但就修釋的位置來說，不是個好選項，因為不知道是要修飾the number of students 還是enrollment，也許這一題這裡不畫線，大家要討論到底是B或E的句意，才有空間，否則就要明確表達。
所以，我200%選D的啦!!!!!!!

[shoulo]

同意D...
總覺得B有改變句意之嫌...

[willyyang]

看完前面的NN解釋，大家都沒有問題嗎？

我自己還是(B)和(D)考慮很久

覺得(B)不對

a number of sth=many sth

可是我覺得這裡討論的是"學生數量"，不是"許多學生"

所以只好選 (D)

[dibert8]

參考 (A) 的句意之後,覺得 (B) 改變了句意: reaching 的主詞是 increase 或 students (修飾不清!), 而原句是指的是 the number of students
the number of students =/= a number of students = many students

[FIG]

原句的後半句，是在解釋前半句的現像。當初在做題時，看到B就覺得句意改變了。

另外想請問大家 c選項
C. enrollment: since students in public schools have grown steadily in number since the mid-1980’s and, at nearly 47 million, have reached.

我看到冒號，又加上since 覺得句意不對就直接刪了。降子是否太粗糙?
理由是冒號即有要解釋的意味 加上 since 有redundancy的感覺

[dibert8]

(C) enrollment: since students in public schools have grown steadily in number since the mid-1980’s and, at nearly 47 million, have reached
1. students 不會 reach "a record high".
2. grow in number 不簡潔 => number grows

[willyyang]

同意D大對(C)的解釋，此外(C)還有多個連結詞 since.....,and...

基本上兩個句子只要一個連結詞，這裡有兩個，直接刪了

另外....in numbers好像從來不是正確答案，起碼在 prep裡都不是