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NTCLANNAD Posted 13 years ago
Grammar
Use of Inverted structure after than
Hi, I wrote a sentence below trying to practice the use of inverted structure but im not sure whether it sounds native and grammatically correct.
"Never before had any people more worried about the global warming than have the people in the present days."
or is it also correct to use [are] as alternative to [have] like the sentence below
""Never before had any people more worried about the global warming than are the people in the present days."
many thanks:)
"Never before had any people more worried about the global warming than have the people in the present days."
or is it also correct to use [are] as alternative to [have] like the sentence below
""Never before had any people more worried about the global warming than are the people in the present days."
many thanks:)
Top answer
Never before have people worried more about global warming that those of the present day. A few points: 1. Use have instead of had, unless you are speaking from the perspective of the future.
- Never before have people worried more about global warming that those of the present day.
- A few points: 1.
- Use have instead of had, unless you are speaking from the perspective of the future.
- 2.
- Say worried more, not more worried.
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Never before have people worried more about global warming that those of the present day.
A few points:
1. Use have instead of had, unless you are speaking from the perspective of the future.
2. Say worried more, not more worried.
3. I left out the word any, because it is a qualifier for countables, therefore denoting
A few points:
1. Use have instead of had, unless you are speaking from the perspective of the future.
2. Say worried more, not more worried.
3. I left out the word any, because it is a qualifier for countables, therefore denoting
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You are welcome. 
And I should have writtenthan, not that in my example sentence, sorry!
And I should have writtenthan, not that in my example sentence, sorry!0
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