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Crisi



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PostPosted: Tue Dec 19, 2006 11:59 am    Post subject: emphasis Reply with quote

Dear teachers,

In TLC's essay(16.12.06) it says: ...yo-yo dieters have a 70 % higher risk of dying from heart disease than do people whose weight stays fairly steady....

I'm a right to say that the meaning of the sentence wouldn't change without the 'do', and that it is used to strenghten the statement?

Thanks in advance for your explanation.
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Mary W. Ng



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PostPosted: Tue Dec 19, 2006 12:38 pm    Post subject: Re: emphasis Reply with quote

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...yo-yo dieters have a 70 % higher risk of dying from heart disease than do people whose weight stays fairly steady....

There are three other variations for this sentence:
1. ... yo-yo dieters have a 70 % higher risk of dying from heart disease than people whose weight stays fairly steady do .... (With the auxiliary verb do, parallel structure is maintained.)
2. ... yo-yo dieters have a 70 % higher risk of dying from heart disease than people do whose weight stays fairly steady .... (With the auxiliary verb do, parallel structure is maintained.)
3. ... yo-yo dieters have a 70 % higher risk of dying from heart disease than people whose weight stays fairly steady .... (The auxiliary verb do is omitted.)

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I'm a right to say that the meaning of the sentence wouldn't change without the 'do', and that it is used to strenghten the statement?

You are right. There's no change in meaning. Laughing
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Crisi



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PostPosted: Tue Dec 19, 2006 12:51 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Thanks a lot for your explanations, Mary.
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Crisi



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PostPosted: Tue Dec 19, 2006 12:55 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Sorry, one other thing.

The variation with 'do' before the noun isn't informal or so?
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