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28. The rise in the Commerce Department's index of leading economic indicators suggest that the economy should continue its expansion into the coming months. but that the mixed performance of the index's indi­vidual components indicates that economic growth will proceed at a more moderate pace than in the first quarter of this year.

谁能帮我分析一下这个比较的句子呢economic growth will proceed at a more moderate pace than in the first quarter of this year.似乎前面并没有什么可以和后面“ in the first quarter of this year”比较的阿？
现在看到句子里面还有“than”就很怕。

Reference:

http://forum.chasedream.com/dispbbs.asp?boardID=23&ID=78897&page=1

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是省略，省略了PACE，当比较（THAN， AS。。。AS）前后比较对象相同，可以省略。

另一种省略形式是当从句中主谓与主句中主谓相同，从句中主谓可省。

THAN比较没什么可怕，只要牢记同类事物只能和同类事物比。

1、没有歧义

2、数，格，时态正确

3、语义不ABSURD

就可以了

,   多谢！