Sentence structure (than + be verb)
I found the following sentence on the Internet:
"While scholars may rightly find fault in certain liberties that Greer takes in her eager defense of Hathaway, the majority of the assertions are clearly based on more solid evidence than are the majority of facts used to disparage her."
I don't understand the sentence structure of "than are the majority of facts used to disparage her."
Is it inversion?
Does it mean "The majority of the assertions are clearly based on more solid evidence than the majority of facts used to disparage her are."?
Or can I paraphrase the sentence as follows?:
Assertions are (comprised of) the majority of facts used to disparage her.
The majority of the assertions are clearly based on more solid evidence than these assertions.
Top answer
"? Yes. We invert like that so that the reader doesn't have to spool all that grammar before he gets to the verb.
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- Yes.
- We invert like that so that the reader doesn't have to spool all that grammar before he gets to the verb.
- It's mainly for ease of reading.
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SnappyDoes it mean "The majority of the assertions are clearly based on more solid evidence than the majority of facts used to disparage her are."?
Yes. We invert like that so that the reader doesn't have to spool all that grammar before he gets to the verb. It's mainly for ease of reading.
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