Question

英语高手进，看到一句英语句子，不知道为什么语法上对不对

Many city residents complain that it is so few buses in their ciy that they have to spend much more time waiting for a bus.
为什么是用it is？
这样对吗?
如果用there are？
能说的清楚些吗？什么从句？it什么成分？

Answer 1

错了!so+adj.+a/an+n.是个固定的句型,用于修饰可数名词单数,若用不可数的话你应该用such+(a/an)+adj.+n.(单/复).总之有了so,只能用单数.所以我认为应该这样来写这个句子:Many city residents complain (that) it is such a few bus in their ciy that they have to spend much more time waiting for a bus.

Answer 2

Many city residents complain that（到此是一个that引导的宾语从句， 后面的所有成份即it is so…a bus.部分做complain的宾语，而这部分又是一句完整的话，所以要用it代替整句话）it is so few buses in their ciy that （此部分有一个so…that的用法）they have to spend much more time waiting for a bus.
全句的意思为：很多城市居民抱怨说，他们生活的城市公车太少，以致于每天要花比以往更多的时间来等车。

Answer 3

意思是 有许多城市居民反映说，城市中的公共汽车太少了，以至于他们不得不花费大量时间来等车

宾语从句中又有了一个so that 句型，it做的是从句的主语，不过本人认为用there are 也可以的 或许有不对的地方呀

Answer 4

也许可以这样理解
许多城市居民有抱怨，即使再多的巴士，他们仍然抱怨花了许多多余的时间等车。
参考 马有失蹄 it is a good horse that never stumbles.
这是一种特殊的让步从句

Answer 5

应该是there are！写it is的人想用强调句型但搞错了。

解析[不要管我的标点OTL||]
Many city residents complain that：[以下为宾从]
there are so few buses in their ciy ，that they have to spend much more time waiting for a bus. [宾从里复合有结果状从]