Regulators are likely to end what are, in effect, long-standing exemptions permitting pilots of small turboprop aircraft at small carriers to fly as much as 20 percent more hours per month than pilots at larger airlines fly, with the consequence that some carriers could be forced to hire additional pilots.
as much as 20 percent more hours per month than pilots at larger airlines fly,with the consequence that
as many as 20 percent more hours per month as pilots at larger airlines, and
more hours per month, as much as 20 percent, than pilots at larger airlines;consequently
as much as 20 percent more hours per month as larger airlines’ pilots, so
as many as 20 percent more hours per month than pilots at larger airlines do, and consequently
题目分析:
选项分析:
A选项:hours是可数名词,所以前面需要用as many as。这里用了as much as,错误。
B选项:more需要和than搭配,不能与as搭配,错误。
C选项:as much as 20 percent为插入语不再修饰hours,但合理的是“多20%的工作时间”,不能说“更多的时间,20%”。
D选项:as much as的使用错误同A;more与as搭配的错误同B。
E选项:正确。
as much as = non-countable nouns & percentages
That pair of shoes costs as much as my last month's rent!
The failure rate for this class can be as much as 25 percent.
as many as = countable nouns
There will be as many as 250 people at our graduation party.
My coworkers work as many as 15 percent more hours than I do each week.
We can eliminate options A, C, & D because they don't use the correct "as many as" to refer to "hours," which are countable.
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