"The fact that family doctors prescribe the wrong things has been known for decades; so has the difficulty of imposing any rational management on doctors, who remain a powerful professional elite." (The Guardian.)
Is "has" an auxiliary verb in "so has the difficulty of imposing..." in the sentence above?
" in the sentence above? Yes. Even the difficulty of imposing any rational management on doctors, who remain a powerful professional elite, has been for decades.
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tkacka15Is "has" an auxiliary verb in "so has the difficulty of imposing..." in the sentence above?
Yes.
Even the difficulty of imposing any rational management on doctors, who remain a powerful professional elite, has been for decades.
Yes, it is.
so has the difficulty of imposing . . . been known for decades . . .