题目内容：

Much to his surprise,he invited only
twenty friends to the dinner,but ____came.答案是twice as many 为什么不是twice as many as?

优质解答

如果是as many as,那么第二个as 后面就要有个比较的对象,这里你可以理解为一个省略句,省略的部分为as the friends he invited.意思就是多于他所邀请的朋友人数两倍的人来了（有点拗口）