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Debpriya De Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

As was expected

"He came back as was expected."
In this sentence is there an inversion of subject-verb order whereby "was" is placed ahead of the subject "expected" or is there an understood subject of which "was expected" is the predicate ?
  

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" In this sentence is there an inversion of subject-verb order whereby "was" is placed ahead of the subject "expected" or is there an understood subject of which "was expected" is the predicate ? The subject is understood. He came back as (it/he) was expected.

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  • " In this sentence is there an inversion of subject-verb order whereby "was" is placed ahead of the subject "expected" or is there an understood subject of which "was expected" is the predicate ?
  • The subject is understood.
  • He came back as (it/he) was expected.
  • The passive voice of the verb expect makes the meaning somewhat ambiguous.
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Debpriya De"He came back as was expected."
In this sentence is there an inversion of subject-verb order whereby "was" is placed ahead of the subject "expected" or is there an understood subject of which "was expected" is the predicate ?
The subject is understood.

He came back as (it/he) was expected.
The passive voice of the verb expect
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The definition of redundant is provided by dictionaries as "more than is needed".
Does the phrase "more than is needed" also have an understood subject before "is" as in
"more than (what) is needed" ?
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The subject in the adverbial 'as was expected', here, is implied and means 'he' or 'it' where 'it' = 'He came back'.
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