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Retail sales rose 0.8 of 1 percent in August,
intensifying expectations that personal spending in
the July–September quarter more than doubled that
of the 1.4 percent growth rate in personal spending
for the previous quarter.


(A) that personal spending in the July–September
quarter more than doubled that of


(B) that personal spending in the July–September
quarter would more than double


答案只解释说因为是exception 所以要用would， 但是我搞不懂到底什么时候要that of  什么时候不用呢？

望nn解答，这种题目一直都猜一直都错，哎。。

elaineyll

这是一种比较类型的题目，方法主要是看比较对象是否一致，如果不一致要用that, those of.
这里比较对象一致，因为同是personal spending在两个不同的时期的比较。

jianglxiang

(D)    of personal spending in the July–September quarter more than doubling that of

OG上的解释是

D    Although this option is not technically wrong, it is less clear and graceful than B.

仅看是否需要that of这个问题，OG的解释是不是意味着在此有无that of都可以？望前辈们解答一下

谢谢

netmovr

现在再来看这题觉得是这样的：expectations后跟同位语从句，解释说明expectations的内容。像sprins所说，从句that personal spending in the July-September quarter would more than double the 1.4 percent growth rate in personal spending for the previous quarter是普通主谓宾结构而不是比较结构。

其中主语：personal spending；谓语：would double（would后面并没有be，所以真正的谓语动词应该是double）；宾语：1.4 percent growth rate 大意是说7-9月季度的个人开销将使上季度个人开销的1.4%的增长率翻一倍还多。注意，这里more than是副词短语，修饰谓语动词double，有“不止...”的意思，而不是我们常接触到的比较结构。

所以personal spending和growth rate并不是两个比较对象，不需要概念对等；它们只是动作发出者和承受者的关系。整个从句可以用被动语态表达：the 1.4 percent growth rate in personal spending for the previous quarter would be more than doubled by personal spending in the July-September quarter.

个人理解，如有不对，欢迎拍砖。

laihuiyuan

正好看到这到题目 受益了 谢谢