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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？

mikeandy

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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

amanda621

是啊 每次都帮我回答问题 真好

amanda621

我就是不太懂这个what it was 能不能把 what 拆分一下？

mikeandy

貌似不能拆what + 代词+be是固定句型~

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

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.