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Anonymous Posted 12 years ago
Vocabulary

Did

A one-off intervention by the central bank to buy roubles looked likely, as did a rise in interest rates from the current 9.5%, economists said.

Does "did" substitute "looked" in the above sentence? And if so, how to name such a relation like that (looked <=> did) in grammar terms?
  

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Yes did is the past element of looked. Compare as did as has/have as was/were as is/are as will as would as could etc Someone I'm sure will be able to supply its special name. d

  • Yes did is the past element of looked.
  • Compare as did as has/have as was/were as is/are as will as would as could etc Someone I'm sure will be able to supply its special name.
  • d
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Yes did is the past element of looked.
Compare

as did
as has/have
as was/were
as is/are
as will
as would
as could
etc

Someone I'm sure will be able to supply its special name.
d

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