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Anonymous Posted 12 years ago
Vocabulary

No sooner do

Hi.

"No sooner do our colleagues in Europe or the US drive the situation into a dead end, they always say that Moscow holds the keys to a solution and put all the responsibility on us." [From the BBC website.]

Does the "saying that..." follow immediately the "driving the situation into..." in this context?

Does the "do" is a part of the question structure "do our colleagues... drive" presented as a statement in this sentence?

Thank you.
  

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In the idiomatic, fixed form No sooner A than B , B happens immediately after A. Here are simpler examples to consider. No sooner do I sit down on the grass than it starts to rain No sooner does Tom kiss Mary than her mother comes into the room.

— Clive

  • In the idiomatic, fixed form No sooner A than B , B happens immediately after A.
  • Here are simpler examples to consider.
  • No sooner do I sit down on the grass than it starts to rain No sooner does Tom kiss Mary than her mother comes into the room.
  • " in this context?
  • Yes Does the "do" is a part of the question structure "do our colleagues...
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In the idiomatic, fixed form No sooner A than B, B happens immediately after A.

Here are simpler examples to consider.
No sooner do I sit down on the grass than it starts to rain
No sooner does Tom kiss Mary than her mother comes
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Thank you, Clive, for your useful reply.
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AnonymousDoes the "saying that..." follow immediately the "driving the situation into..." in this context?
That appears to be the intention, but the sentence is not correct. The correct pattern is "No sooner ... than ...".
AnonymousDoes the "do" is a part of the question structure "do our colleagues... drive" presented as a stateme
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