OG11-73请教

woshilaoyumi

73.        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, like that of earlier
   generations.

 A. like that of earlier generations

 B. as that for earlier generations

 C. just as earlier generations did

 D. as have earlier generations

 E. as it was of earlier generations

答案选E,我同意.但是A为什么不对?给出的解释是:

    Like is used to introduce a phrase, but as must be used to introduce a clause

    Like is used to introduce a phrase, but as must be used to introduce a clause

A   :   Like introduces a phrase, but a clause, introduced by
     as, is required to make the comparison parallel.

"that of earlier generations"不是短语吗？为什么不能用Like引导

    

[此贴子已经被作者于2007-3-15 16:41:45编辑过]

shero

因为这个比较是句子与句子的比较，不是goal与goal的比较，版上有一个比较的庖丁解牛精华；

like后的成分在原句中作主语？还是is后的表系成分？不是引起歧义了么？简化结构看：owing a house is a goal like a goal，有 owing a house is a goal as owing a house is a goal哪个更有逻辑性?

[此贴子已经被作者于2007-3-16 11:34:39编辑过]