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le ngoc qui
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Please help me
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Hi everybody, Please help me choose the correct answer:
"The Moon is much closer to Earth ___, and thus it had greater influence on the tides." A. but the sun is B. where the sun is C. than is the sun D. unlike the sun
Thank you in advance
Qui |
5 Jul 2013
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le ngoc qui
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Dear Helena, Thank you so much. I have just read the article, but I still wonder why there is an inversion " is the sun" instead of "the sun is". Please tell me why. Thanks again |
5 Jul 2013
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hanhxuanthao
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Hello Qui,
We can use inversion after "as", " than " ,and "so"
Example : City dwellers have a higher death rate than do country people .
( Adapted from PRACTICAL ENGLISH USAGE ( MICHEAL SWAN ) )
Take care,
Thao
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5 Jul 2013
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honeybel
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http://forum.wordreference.com/showthread.php?t=2100679&langid=14
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5 Jul 2013
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honeybel
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http://shanshan-wan.xanga.com/755135828/inversion-after-as-than-and-so/
But notice that, there �s no inversion after �as �, �than �, �so � if the subject is a pronoun.
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5 Jul 2013
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Natyk2010
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I Think that this is "unlike the sun". |
6 Jul 2013
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yanogator
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The answer is definitely C (and not D). Thao is correct that inversion is acceptable, but it sounds very formal, even stilted, to native ears.
Bruce |
6 Jul 2013
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