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The village is a very different place from what it was when I was a boy.
主语 系动词 表语 状语
from （what it was） when I was a boy.
宾从（作介词宾语） 时间状语从句
different from的结构, “与.不同”
what it was这个宾语从句中缺少表语故用what, 不能用that(在宾语从句中不做成分)