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Hi zhanbo,

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The African-American vote had such a profound impact in no other election as the African-American vote did in Barack Obama's breakthrough election of 2008.
Rookie doubt but I wanted to ask if the usage of "had" instead of "did" in the above sentence would also be correct? Or do we have to use "did" only? Could you please help?

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Hi zhanbo,

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The African-American vote had such a profound impact in no other election as the African-American vote did in Barack Obama's breakthrough election of 2008.
Rookie doubt but I wanted to ask if the usage of "had" instead of "did" in the above sentence would also be correct? Or do we have to use "did" only? Could you please help?

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Hi, kungfury42, either "had" or "did" works. In this particular sentence, "did" is used as an auxiliary / helping verb while "had" is used as an action verb.
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This question is another version of that GMAT OG about the sighting of the Haley’s Comet!

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