Ordering one feels

#In a suburb of Phoenix, Arizona, there's a fleet of 600 minivans shuttling people from place to place. Ordering one feels almost exactly like calling an Uber, except for one thing: the vans are driving themselves.



#However, you'll rarely see them on the signs at your local store, so ordering one feels just as fun as asking for something from the secret menu.

A was more than B

這段話是看得懂, 念起來也覺得很順,甚至我自己都會這樣寫.

"Above￡350,000 was spent by the French on computers which was slightly more than the British who spent exactly ￡350,000. "

但我還是有點疑問, 如果將這句話看成是 "A was more than B"

A: Above￡350,000 was spent by the French on computers
B: British (who spent exactly ￡350,000. )

這樣 A是一個"完整的動作", B是國家, 拿"動作"和"國家"比感覺怪怪的, 雖然原句中資訊給得很充分,看的人應該很容易理解

as opposed to

原句:
"With regards to tennis, the figure for boys who played that sport was 50 as opposed to just under 40 for girls"

"In terms of cars, people in the UK spent about ￡450,000 on this as opposed to the French at ￡400,000."


可以寫成這樣嗎?
=>"With regards to tennis, the figure for boys who played that sport was 50 as opposed to the girls at 40.

=>"In terms of cars, people spent about ￡450,000 on this as opposed to at ￡400,000 in France  ."



另外網路上看到有人寫
"Alex goes to Japan on business as opposed to a holiday."
如果今天要隊比的是國家,可以寫成這樣嗎?
"Alex goes to Japan on business as opposed to Thailand."

compared to

最近閱讀範例作文時看到這個句子

"The least amount of money was spent on perfume in the UK compared to cameras in France"

過去我一直將這個"compared to xxxxx" 直接視為副詞.


但查了字典後發現"compare"為動詞(或名詞)而字典中也有一個類似的例句
"My own problems seem insignificant compared with other people's."


問題:
1. 如果 "compare"是動詞, 那是不是應該有個被省略掉的關係代名詞?

2.如果有被省略掉的關係代名詞, 那先行詞是什麼? 是" perfume in the UK " 嗎?

double

2017的預算是2016的兩倍

我以前可能會這樣寫,不知道是否可以?
The amount of budget in 2017 is the double of the amount of budget in 2016. 
The amount of budget doubled between 2016 and 2017


另外最近有學到一個例句
"There were twice as many accidents at the factory this year as last year."

但如果仿造這個例句, 這樣寫感覺似乎不太對.....
There was twice as many amount of budget in 2017 as in 2016.

"many more than"

more than:
There was more rainfall in April than in May.


講義上有一段說明
"To make these expressions stronger, you can use many, much, far. : many more than, much more than, far less than."

所以配合原句 "more" 可以用樣用:

There was much more rainfall in April than in May.
There was far more rainfall in April than in May.

There are many more people in Taipei than in Tainan.
There are much more people in Taipei than in Tainan.


多很多
many more... than
much more... than
far more... than

多一點
slightly more... than
a little more... than


少很多
many fewer...than
much fewer...than
many less... than
much less... than


There were many fewer people in Taipei than in Tainan.
There was much less pollution in Tainan than in Taipei




少一點
slightly fewer... than
a little fewer... than
slightly less... than
a little less... than


There were slightly fewer people in my home town than in yours.
There were a little fewer people in my home town than in yours.
There was slightly less pollution in my home town than in yours.
There was a little less pollution in my home town than in yours.

to be found

原句:    "this"=="住在都市有害身心"
"The main reason for this lies in the higher level of stress to be found in urban areas."

念起來是很順,但就不知道為什麼可以這樣寫,

我會寫成:
"The main reason for this lies in the higher level of stress that is found in urban areas."