Most of the country's biggest daily newspapers had lower circulation in the six months from October 1995 through March 1996 than that a similar period a year earlier.
想问一下,这里有了that为什么错呢?为什么不可以指代前面的cirlulation嘛?
我用一个简单的句子表示同样的比较结构:
I earned less money last year than the year before. 我去年挣的钱比前年挣的少。
than从句省略了主语和谓语动词,指保留了时间状语。补全这个比较从句则为:
I earned less money last year than I had earned the year before.
than从句中及物动词had earned的宾语为比较对应项,是必须省略的,也可以理解than就是从句的宾语。不可以在had earned后再加一个that作宾语。加了that就成了语法错误。语法规则是:主句比较短语的对应项在从句必须省略。就好比 He is taller than I (am). than从句的表语必须省略,或理解为than就是表语。无论怎样理解,am后都不能再加表语。
你仔细体会我的简单句子和原句结构的相同之处。
如果觉得我的回答对您有用,请随意打赏。你的支持将鼓励我继续创作!