G***G
发帖数: 16778 | 1 The poverty rate would have been higher except that it declined
substantially for elderly Americans, falling to 8.9% from 9.7%.
Can someone help with structural analysis of the sentence above?
what is it different from the following sentence
"The poverty rate would have been higher if it had not declined
substantially for elderly Americans, falling to 8.9% from 9.7%." |
r*z
发帖数: 1679 | 2 i would say same meaning of different expressions...
is this also correct?
The poverty rate would have been higher had it not declined substantially
for elderly Americans, falling to 8.9% from 9.7%.
【在 G***G 的大作中提到】
: The poverty rate would have been higher except that it declined
: substantially for elderly Americans, falling to 8.9% from 9.7%.
: Can someone help with structural analysis of the sentence above?
: what is it different from the following sentence
: "The poverty rate would have been higher if it had not declined
: substantially for elderly Americans, falling to 8.9% from 9.7%."
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G***G
发帖数: 16778 | 3 although the meaning is the same, I am still curious about the difference.
I guess there should be some kinda differences.
why?
because 'except that' is followed by a past tense verb and
if not by a past perfect tense verb.
except that is not virtue tense, but 'if ..had not' is a virtue tense.
what does it exactly mean when a 'would have been' is followed by
a clause with a past tense verb?
【在 r*z 的大作中提到】
: i would say same meaning of different expressions...
: is this also correct?
: The poverty rate would have been higher had it not declined substantially
: for elderly Americans, falling to 8.9% from 9.7%.
|
r*z
发帖数: 1679 | 4 i have never looked into such grammars...
how do you like my sentence in the previous post? is it grammatically
correct?
【在 G***G 的大作中提到】
: although the meaning is the same, I am still curious about the difference.
: I guess there should be some kinda differences.
: why?
: because 'except that' is followed by a past tense verb and
: if not by a past perfect tense verb.
: except that is not virtue tense, but 'if ..had not' is a virtue tense.
: what does it exactly mean when a 'would have been' is followed by
: a clause with a past tense verb?
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a*******e
发帖数: 346 | 5 语法看不出错
我自己感觉前面否定和后面falling。。。有点儿不搭
原来的句子着重于说明老人贫困率降低了这个事实。 在你这里好像这个意味少点儿
纯粹个人感觉，呵呵
substantially
【在 r*z 的大作中提到】
: i would say same meaning of different expressions...
: is this also correct?
: The poverty rate would have been higher had it not declined substantially
: for elderly Americans, falling to 8.9% from 9.7%.
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