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Is "more than did" grammatically correct?

A) He strove to burnish his image for history more assiduously than did any former president.

B) He strove to burnish his image for history more assiduously than any other former president.

I would like to know which one is correct, and can we use "than" followed by verb?

Thanks in advance.

  

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panda file 404 A) He strove to burnish his image for history more assiduously than did any former president. B) He strove to burnish his image for history more assiduously than any other former president. Strictly speaking (A) is more correct, but in this context it is obvious what is meant, so (B) would be accepted too.

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  • panda file 404 A) He strove to burnish his image for history more assiduously than did any former president.
  • B) He strove to burnish his image for history more assiduously than any other former president.
  • Strictly speaking (A) is more correct, but in this context it is obvious what is meant, so (B) would be accepted too.
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panda file 404A) He strove to burnish his image for history more assiduously than did any former president.
B) He strove to burnish his image for history more assiduously than any other former president.

Strictly speaking (A) is more correct, but in this context it is obvious what is meant, so (B) would be accepted too. A case where the difference matte

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