Yilin Wang Posted 11 years ago
Grammar
Why is "do" placed before "other countries"?
Venezuela devotes a higher percentage of its budget to education than do other large Latin American countries such as Mexico and Brazil.
I don't understand. It does not seem parallel to me. Can anyone please suggest a web page where I can find related material of sentence structure like this.
I don't understand. It does not seem parallel to me. Can anyone please suggest a web page where I can find related material of sentence structure like this.
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It is an uncommon positioning of the verb in the dependent clause, a subject-verb inversion. Usually, the verb is placed following the subject or omitted entirely. Normal position: Venezuela devotes a higher percentage of its budget to education than other large Latin American countries such as Mexico and Brazil do .
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It is an uncommon positioning of the verb in the dependent clause, a subject-verb inversion.
Usually, the verb is placed following the subject or omitted entirely.
Normal position: Venezuela devotes a higher percentage of its budget to education than other large Latin American countries such as Mexico and Brazil do.
Omission of the verb (It is understood
Usually, the verb is placed following the subject or omitted entirely.
Normal position: Venezuela devotes a higher percentage of its budget to education than other large Latin American countries such as Mexico and Brazil do.
Omission of the verb (It is understood
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