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tress

Freedman's survey showed that people living in small towns and rural areas consider themselves (no happier than do people living) in big cities.

a. no happier than do people living
b. not any happier than do people living
c. not any happier than do people who live
d. no happier than are people who are living
e. not as happy as are people who live

这道题答案是a，但是 than do people living是什么意思？do代表什么谓语动词？这里than代表比较的双方是happy还是consider？
答案e错在哪里？请各位大侠帮帮忙，本人水平比较差。

小困蛇

不是很专业的解答，只是感觉：people who live 句型结构不好  名词+that(who)+be动词等 不简洁

再来考平行结构， 前面是people living in ... 后面的结构要对应 do 指代 consider 也是对应的，所以优选A

liujin

Freedman's survey showed that people living in small towns and rural areas consider themselves no happier than do people living in big cities.

a. no happier than do people living
b. not any happier than do people living
c. not any happier than do people who live
d. no happier than are people who are living
e. not as happy as are people who live

这道题答案是a，但是 than do people living是什么意思？do代表什么谓语动词？这里than代表比较的双方是happy还是consider？答案e错在哪里？


比较结构常常会在后面进行省略以保证句子的简洁。

people living in small towns and rural areas consider themselves no happier than do people living in big cities.

这里的do代替的是动词consider。前面出现过的谓语动词，后面可以用助动词do来代替，但是一定不能省略。

说完整应该是 A consider themselves no happier than B consider themselves.

通常在比较结构中，会表达成：A consider themselves no happier than do B.（themselves, 相同成分省略）