The investigations of many psychologists and anthropologists support the generalization of there being little that is a significant difference in the underlying mental processes manifested by people from different cultures.
of there being little that is a significant difference
of there being little that is significantly different
of little that is significantly different
that there is little that is significantly different
that there is little of significant differences
E,little修饰不可数名词,不能修饰可数名词
D,sth is adj in some place是可以的,in some place作地点状语修饰句子,不一定要there is sth in some place
如:Animals are lively in the zoo.
C: 核心主干generalization of little
E: difference 是可数名词不能用little形容
little修饰不可数名词
C 支持一个少数的概论结论
D 支持一个结论,同位语从句 语义传达合理
diomatic usage. In the phrase \'little of X\', the X has to be a singular quantity. If it\'s plural (like \'differences\'), then you have to use few.
There was very little food left over at the end of the party.
There were very few crab cakes left over at the end of the party.
significant:a.重要的,significantly:adv.很大程度地
little作名词,n.少数。没有多少。
abc排
little修饰单数,又排
所以排除选项E。
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little of +单数
differences (like virtually all plural nouns) are countable, so you can't use "little" to describe them. if this choice said few significant differences, it would be legitimate.
in the case of generalization, though, you can't follow it with "of" + noun, because generalizations aren't represented by nouns -- they are represented by statements (clauses). you can introduce a clause with "that", but not with "of".
this is just idiomatic. fortunately, it's pretty much consistent across the board for words that refer to things that people say or think. for example, you would use the same construction with the idea that..., the saying that..., etc..
some of these constructions can also work with "of" + noun, if that kind of thing makes sense in context. for instance, idea + of + noun can be used: