60. 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

The intended comparison should be completed by a clause beginning with as and containing a subject and verb that correspond to the subject and verb of the main clause. In E, the best choice, it refers unambiguously to the phrasal subject owning ... land, the verb was corresponds to is, and today's young adults are appropriately compared to earlier genera­tions. Choices A and B lack a verb corresponding to is and a clear referent for that. Choices C and D are confusing and illogical because their verbs, did and have, cannot substitute for is in the main clause.

有点理解之前的讨论帖中说的文章是比较前面的整句话，所以用like不好。但是，依照菜鸟总结里的解释，原文中its指代majority(个人也同意). 但是OG又说E中的it指代owning and living in a freestanding house on its own land. 这样不是犯了“一个句子中同一个代词不能指代两个不同东西”的错误？

凯蒂mm， 你说的有道理，og把有的东西绝对化，有时又把这些它说过不妥当的用法拿出来用。

我觉得应该以其人之道，还制其人。灵活对待。假如语法中出现改错划线里，那就要注意一致，假如不在划线里，可灵活处理，只要不造成歧义。毕竟我们的目的不是质疑ets,而是做题。敬请指正。