What to choose for this question?
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The less the surface of the ground yields to the weight of a fully-loaded truck, ( ) to the truck. A) the stress is greater B) the greater the stress C) the greater stress is D) greater is the stress This post was last edited by miniascape on 2009-3-12 15:53 ]
Correspondingly, the less the surface should be chosen B, the greater the stress
The smaller the force-bearing area, the greater the pressure. Choose B.
Choose B, because this uses the sentence pattern of the comparative + the comparative, so you can rank A and D. According to the whole sentence, the first half uses a noun phrase, and it is impossible to use a complete sentence later, so you rank C.
Of course I chose B, but grammatically it just needs to be consistent, and from the meaning of the sentence it’s definitely B.
Choose B. It’s consistent based on the sentence structure.
The less the surface of the ground yields to the weight of a fully-loaded truck, because there are yields. The first half is complete with subject (surface of the ground), predicate (yields) and object (he weight of a fully-loaded truck). Therefore, the second half should also have a subject (stress) and a predicate (is).
C also feels that if it is B, the grammar is incomplete.
If there is that, you should choose B: The less the surface of the ground THAT yields to the weight of a fully-loaded truck,
Please announce the answer. These people are waiting for it. Everyone’s answer seems to be different.
C is definitely wrong. The subject stress in the second half of the sentence must have the definite article the. It is not a proper noun, a person's name, a place name, etc. Without the, it is wrong anyway. In addition, the predicate is also yields, so it is omitted because it is consistent. It does not mean that there is a lack of predicate. So the answer is B.
When I saw the multiple-choice questions on grammar, I got confused and lost my mind.
Just did a google search on "The less the surface of the ground yields to the weight of a fully-loaded truck", and it came out in a test with answers. And yes, I was correct: Original question: 47. The less the surface of the ground yields to the weight of a fully-loaded truck, __ _ _ to the truck. A. the greater stress is B. greater is the stress C. the stress is greater D. the greater the stress Answer A, which is the same as C here. Linky a dinky: http://www.google.com/url?sa=U&s ... B19w47cEwRfiXYpTFcA My comment on 10th floor is a great extension to the question. This post was last edited by yxhoo on 2009-3-10 10:28 ]
Because it's the first appearance of "stress", and it's uncountable - no article is needed.
After reading your words I looked up into the Cambridge International Dictionary which says that STRESS is countable with meaning worry but uncountable when used in Physics as a force. So this is still a controversial question...I totally have no idea with it now... :L
:L Let’s use the elimination method for this question. B has no predicate, so it must be wrong.； There is no definite article in "greater" in AD, so it must be excluded. ； My sense of language told me to choose C. If I had to use an explanation, I found one about zero articles from my grammar book.: Articles that can be used for contextual specific reference are usually definite articles, but zero articles can also express definite specific meaning in certain contexts, which is also a kind of contextual specific reference. For example, the following two sentences: Mary asked,"Why is farther out of work?" John was elected chairman of the students' union.
The answer is C. I asked a foreign teacher for advice