NandishSS wrote:
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Britain's economic growth was slower in the mid-1970's and its decline much more rapid in the subsequent recession than the United States.
B. The economic growth of Britain was slower in the mid-1970's and it declined much more rapidly in the subsequent recession than the United States did.
C. Britain's economy, which grew more slowly in the mid-1970's, also had declined much more rapidly in the subsequent recession than the United States did.
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dave13One quick query in the above B & C what does
did refers to?
declinedIn Comparison questions how to identify the verbs such as do, does & did are referring to?
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NandishSS Pro-form is a word or phrase that can take the place of another word (or word group) in a sentence. The process of substituting pro-forms for other words is called proformation.
In English, the most common pro-forms are pronouns, but other words (such as here, there, so, not, and do) can also function as pro-forms.
The pro-form is the referring word in a sentence; the word or word group that's referred to is the antecedent.
"Do" as a Pro-Form"
Do is used as a pro-form when the predicate itself and all the complements which follow it are elided (Jack hurt himself fetching water, and Jill did, too). If another auxiliary is present, the pro-form do is less common (Has Jack hurt himself? Yes, he has; also, Yes, he has done.
. .). Note that the pro-form do is not the same lexeme as the auxiliary do; the latter has only the forms do, does, did while the pro-form has these as well as done and doing."
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https://www.thoughtco.com/pro-form-grammar-1691537another example
VERBAL SUBSTITUTION: By means of
do and it substitutes for the lexical verb, eg Did you see Tom last week? – ‘I did on Thursday’ / ‘I might have done.’ - do is a pro-form for the predicate: Martin drives a car, and his sister does, too.
o By means of do so that functions as a pro-form for the predicate or predication: They planned to reach the top of the mountain, but nobody knows if they did (so). You can take the train back to Madrid, but I shouldn’t (do so) until tomorrow morning.