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Anonymous Posted 10 years ago
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why is "do" ok here?
Venezuela devotes a higher percentage of its budget to education than do other large Latin American countries such as Mexico and Brazil.
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Anonymous why is "do" ok here? It is a "substitute do" representing 'devote': . Do as a substitute verb We often use do instead of repeating all the words in a clause.
- Anonymous why is "do" ok here?
- It is a "substitute do" representing 'devote': .
- Do as a substitute verb We often use do instead of repeating all the words in a clause.
- Do substitutes for the words we don’t repeat: A: We went to the concert in the park this year .
- B: Yes, we did too .
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Anonymous why is "do" ok here?It is a "substitute do" representing 'devote':
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Do as a substitute verb
We often use do instead of repeating all the words in a clause. Do substitutes for the words we don’t repeat:
A:
We went to the concert in the park this year.
B:
Y
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