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Crisi
Joined: 06 Sep 2006 Posts: 129
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Posted: Tue Dec 19, 2006 11:59 am Post subject: emphasis |
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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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Posted: Tue Dec 19, 2006 12:38 pm Post subject: Re: emphasis |
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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....
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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.  _________________ Mary W. Ng
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Crisi
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Posted: Tue Dec 19, 2006 12:51 pm Post subject: |
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Thanks a lot for your explanations, Mary. |
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Crisi
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Posted: Tue Dec 19, 2006 12:55 pm Post subject: |
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Sorry, one other thing.
The variation with 'do' before the noun isn't informal or so? |
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