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amanda621

In the 19890’s the rate of increase of the minority population of the United States was nearly twice what it was in the 1970’s.
这是正确答案 我想问一下 关于what 在这里是不是可以理解为 = the rate （of increase ...） that  如果是的话 那后面的it 又是指什么呢?



According to a recent poll, owning and living in a freestanding house on its own land is still a goal of a majority of young adults, as it was of earlier generations.
这个我想问 题目解释说it代表doing sth， was 后面省略了a goal. 我想知道为何这里不用that？是不是说that 只能指代不可数或者单数的名词？
而且如果答案是 as that of earlier generations 对吗？

According to a recent poll, owning and living in a freestanding house on its own land is still a goal of a majority of young adults, as it was of earlier generations.
这个我想问 题目解释说it代表doing sth， was 后面省略了a goal. 我想知道为何这里不用that？是不是说that 只能指代不可数或者单数的名词？
而且如果答案是 as that of earlier generations 对吗？

shzgm8888

i just express the personal view for your reference:

"What" in here is the Conj to connect the two compare sentences; "it " refers to the long subject "the rate of increase of the minority population of the United States "

Open to discuss and welcome to criticize if my analysis is not correct.

amanda621

原来我记得高中时讲语法的时候 说若没有先行词则用what 也就是说 what=sth that

mikeandy

貌似不能拆what + 代词+be是固定句型~

amanda621

我就是不太懂这个what it was 能不能把 what 拆分一下？

amanda621

是啊 每次都帮我回答问题 真好

mikeandy

In the 19890’s the rate of increase of the minority population of the United States was nearly twice what it was in the 1970’s.
这是一个句式，it是代词~~指的1970的rate

According to a recent poll, owning and living in a freestanding house on its own land is still a goal of a majority of young adults, as it was of earlier generations.
it是代表doing sth， as it was=what it was的

mikeandy

来来来，我正好在线，帮你看看把~