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Vcolts Posted 13 years ago
Grammar
Nor, So~ (structure)
Ex1. They can neither read nor write, nor can they comprehend such concepts.
Ex2. John is unable to make the meeting, so is Mary.
My question is why does the following phrase after the conjunction start in the order of conj + verb + sub and not the other way around(s+v+c)?
Thanks in advance
Ex2. John is unable to make the meeting, so is Mary.
My question is why does the following phrase after the conjunction start in the order of conj + verb + sub and not the other way around(s+v+c)?
Thanks in advance
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) to trigger such inversion. I don't know the original reason why this came about, which would be somewhere way back in the history of the language I suppose. The second example is not correct (and I don't think "so" is a conjunction there either).
- ) to trigger such inversion.
- I don't know the original reason why this came about, which would be somewhere way back in the history of the language I suppose.
- The second example is not correct (and I don't think "so" is a conjunction there either).
- You would need to say "...
- and so is Mary", or start a new sentence at "So", or use a semicolon.
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It's a feature of "nor" and "so" (and various other words such as "rarely", "seldom", "never", etc.) to trigger such inversion. I don't know the original reason why this came about, which would be somewhere way back in the history of the language I suppose.
The second example is not correct (and I don't think "so" is a conjunction there either). You would need to say "... and so is Mary",
The second example is not correct (and I don't think "so" is a conjunction there either). You would need to say "... and so is Mary",
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