A dummy did or lexical one
In these states, the AP can use results from AP VoteCast, a survey of the American electorate aimed at determining why voters voted how they did, to confirm a candidate's victory.
From the Associated Press.
In the sentence above, is the verb "did" a lexical one or a dummy (the way the "do" works in questions and negations)?
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Hi I think the technical term is pro-verb. ) Dave
- Hi I think the technical term is pro-verb.
- ) Dave
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Hi
I think the technical term is pro-verb. That means that 'did' is standing in for a verb in the same way that a pronoun can stand in for a noun
- The survey explains why they voted in the way that they voted
(bad repetition)
- The survey explains why they voted in the way that they did
(good use of pro-verb.)
Dave
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