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1) Vishal eats more carrots than donuts (right)
2) Vishal eats more carrots than he does donuts (wordy)
3) Vishal eats more carrots than he eats donuts .
Is there any difference between 2 and 3 sentences? What is the role of "does" in the second sentence ? Is it the placeholder of "eats"? please explain
2) Vishal eats more carrots than he does donuts (wordy)
3) Vishal eats more carrots than he eats donuts .
Is there any difference between 2 and 3 sentences? What is the role of "does" in the second sentence ? Is it the placeholder of "eats"? please explain
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Dear TomB:
Hi, there. I'm happy to help.
Yes, in sentence #2, the "does" is, as it were, a "substitute" for the verb or verb phrase. Here, it's quite superfluous, because the verb itself is just a three-letter word --- we are not saving anything by writing "does" rather than "eats."
Ordinarily, on the GMAT SC for example, the verbs & verb phrases are more complex than "eats." For instance:
"Emilio goes to the opening night of each opera more frequently than does Giuseppe."
There, the word "does" is a substitute for that entire green phrase ---- obviously, it much shorter, much simply, to say "does" than to repeat that long phrase a second time in the sentence. This is more typical of the way "does" will substitute for verb phrases on the GMAT.
Does this make sense?
Mike
Hi, there. I'm happy to help.
Yes, in sentence #2, the "does" is, as it were, a "substitute" for the verb or verb phrase. Here, it's quite superfluous, because the verb itself is just a three-letter word --- we are not saving anything by writing "does" rather than "eats."
Ordinarily, on the GMAT SC for example, the verbs & verb phrases are more complex than "eats." For instance:
"Emilio goes to the opening night of each opera more frequently than does Giuseppe."
There, the word "does" is a substitute for that entire green phrase ---- obviously, it much shorter, much simply, to say "does" than to repeat that long phrase a second time in the sentence. This is more typical of the way "does" will substitute for verb phrases on the GMAT.
Does this make sense?
Mike
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