Pro-verb question.
Social exclusion causes the same areas of your brain to light up that physical pain does.
In this sentence, what does the "pro-verb does" stands for?
1. causes
2. to light
I appreciate.
(Is there any chance that does stands for "to light"?
Top answer
The way to figure this out is to make a separate sentence from the clause. How would it be completed with the emphatic "do"? Of the two possibilities, only one is grammatical.
- The way to figure this out is to make a separate sentence from the clause.
- How would it be completed with the emphatic "do"?
- Of the two possibilities, only one is grammatical.
- Physical pain does cause the same areas to light up.
- * Physical pain does to light up the same areas.
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The way to figure this out is to make a separate sentence from the clause. How would it be completed with the emphatic "do"? Of the two possibilities, only one is grammatical.
Physical pain does cause the same areas to light up.
* Physical pain does to light up t
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