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English 1b3 Posted 16 years ago
Vocabulary

As + Pro-verbs

They are making changes to their line-up, as have the opposition.

Can we use 'have' instead of the aforementioned auxiliary 'are'?

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If they are both doing it now, They are making,... as are the opposition. If they have both done it already, They have made,...

— BarbaraPA

  • If they are both doing it now, They are making,...
  • as are the opposition.
  • If they have both done it already, They have made,...
  • as has (I would use the singular, but others may use the plural) the opposition.
  • If they are doing it now, but the opposition already has, They are making, ....
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If they are both doing it now,
They are making,... as are the opposition.

If they have both done it already,
They have made,... as has (I would use the singular, but others may use the plural) the opposition.

If they are doing it now, but the opposition already has,
They are making, .... as has the opposition

If they already have, but the opposition is doing
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Hi and thanks, GG

For some reason I believed we had to use the same pro-verb as the preceding one in such cases. Don't ask me why...
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