An inversion or not
And making things worse, according to experts, would be the korean government relocating the statue, which in turn will spark the anger among korean civic groups.
Here in the sentence, does making things worse function as a subject or is there an inversion and then the korean government would be relocating... is fine to be written? If so, why is there the inversion?
What do you native English speakers think?
Thank you so much as usual in advance.
Top answer
It is an inversion of "the Korean government relocating the statue would be making things worse". " clause.
- It is an inversion of "the Korean government relocating the statue would be making things worse".
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It is an inversion of "the Korean government relocating the statue would be making things worse". I see the purpose of the inversion as being to emphasise "making things worse", and also to make it easier to accommodate the "which in turn ..." clause.
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