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Hans51 Posted 11 years ago
Grammar
Inversion Sentences
a. John was a Catholic, as most of his friends were
(= John was a Catholic, as were most of his friends.) -> right
b. John appeared for the job, as one of his staff did.
(=John appeared for the job, as did one of his staff.) -> right
c. John believed, as all his family did, that the King was their supreme lord.
(= John believed, as did all his family, that the King was their supreme lord.) -> right
d. They go to concerts, as I do.
( They go to concerts, as do I.) -> wrong
e. She was fatally affected by the. accident, as I was
( She was fatally affected by the accident, as was I.) -> wrong
I am learning about inversion and there are some different opinions about it so I was wondering if when the subject is pronouns like I, She, He ,etc, in 'as clause', the inversion does not happen? And the examples are all correct?
What do you native English speakers think? Thank you so much as usual in advance!
(= John was a Catholic, as were most of his friends.) -> right
b. John appeared for the job, as one of his staff did.
(=John appeared for the job, as did one of his staff.) -> right
c. John believed, as all his family did, that the King was their supreme lord.
(= John believed, as did all his family, that the King was their supreme lord.) -> right
d. They go to concerts, as I do.
( They go to concerts, as do I.) -> wrong
e. She was fatally affected by the. accident, as I was
( She was fatally affected by the accident, as was I.) -> wrong
I am learning about inversion and there are some different opinions about it so I was wondering if when the subject is pronouns like I, She, He ,etc, in 'as clause', the inversion does not happen? And the examples are all correct?
What do you native English speakers think? Thank you so much as usual in advance!
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Hans51 d. They go to concerts, as I do. ) -> wrong.
- Hans51 d.
- They go to concerts, as I do.
- ) -> wrong.
- She was fatally affected by the.
- ) -> wrong Those are fine and unremarkable.
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Hans51d. They go to concerts, as I do. ( They go to concerts, as do I.) -> wrong. She was fatally affected by the. accident, as I was ( She was fatally affected by the accident, as was I.) -> wrongThose are fine and unremarkable.
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The ones that you have marked as "wrong" are also correct.
The meaning of "fatally affected" is not very clear to me.
The meaning of "fatally affected" is not very clear to me.
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Thank you so much and I have one more question.
So these two sentences are correct and then when do you use #1 or #2? Is there a meaning or usage difference between them?
1) John appeared for the job, as one of his staff did.
2) John appeared for the job, as did one of his staff.
Thank you so much!
So these two sentences are correct and then when do you use #1 or #2? Is there a meaning or usage difference between them?
1) John appeared for the job, as one of his staff did.
2) John appeared for the job, as did one of his staff.
Thank you so much!
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Hans51So these two sentences are correct and then when do you use #1 or #2? Is there a meaning or usage difference between them?1) John appeared for the job, as one of his staff did.2) John appeared for the job, as did one of his staff.I wonder if either is worded optimally. What sort of situation is this describing? Do you mean that John and one of his staff
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Hans511) John appeared for the job, as one of his staff did.2) John appeared for the job, as did one of his staff.I think GPY is concerned about style. The meanings are the same.
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