So too was the ability...
"While "regional balance" had been among criteria that ministers were asked to observe in voting, so too was the ability to maintain the business continuity of agencies which already have about 1,000 employees between them in London." (Reuters.)
Should the clause "so too was the ability to maintain the business continuity..." be read as "so too was the ability to maintain the business continuity... [among criteria that ministers were asked to observe in voting]" in the sentence above?
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I don't see it quite like that. I see "so too" as implying "also among criteria that ministers were asked to observe in voting". Therefore the meaning is: also among criteria that ministers were asked to observe in voting was the ability to maintain ...
- I don't see it quite like that.
- I see "so too" as implying "also among criteria that ministers were asked to observe in voting".
- Therefore the meaning is: also among criteria that ministers were asked to observe in voting was the ability to maintain ...
- etc.
- which is an inversion of the ability to maintain ...
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I don't see it quite like that. I see "so too" as implying "also among criteria that ministers were asked to observe in voting". Therefore the meaning is:
also among criteria that ministers were asked to observe in voting was the ability to maintain ... etc.
which is an inversion of
the ability to maintain ... etc. ... was also among criteria that ministers were as
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