Than was/were expected
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(1) More people came here than expected. — first initial sentence
(1a) More people came here than was expected. — correct
(1b) More people came here than it was expected to. — correct
(1c) More people came here than were expected. — correct
(1d) More people came here than they were expected to. — correct
(2) They came here earlier than expected. — second initial sentence — (2) has the same structure as (1), therefore, (2) has the same variants as (1):
(2a) They came here earlier than was expected. — correct
(2b) They came here earlier than it was expected to. — correct
(2c) They came here earlier than were expected. — correct
(2d) They came here earlier than they were expected to. — correct
I know (1) & (2) are more natural than the others. But I'm interested in (1a-d) & (2a-d). Are they all correct? Thanks.
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loviii I know (1) & (2) are more natural than the others. But I'm interested in (1a-d) & (2a-d). Are they all correct?
- loviii I know (1) & (2) are more natural than the others.
- But I'm interested in (1a-d) & (2a-d).
- Are they all correct?
- Thanks You marked them all as "correct".
- But they did not all seem right to me.
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loviiiI know (1) & (2) are more natural than the others. But I'm interested in (1a-d) & (2a-d). Are they all correct? Thanks
You marked them all as "correct". But they did not all seem right to me.
0(1) More people came here than expected. — first initial sentence 
(1a) More people came here than
0loviiisecond initial sentence — (2) has the same structure as (1), therefore, (2) has the same variants as (1)
The structure is actually different.
In (1) the comparison is with the subject (more people); in (2) the comparison is with an adjunct of time (earlier). That makes a big difference.
CJ
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