Verbal question you found somewhere else? General issue with idioms or grammar? Random verbal question? These questions belong here.
FI143
Forum Guests
 
Posts: 3
Joined: Sun Oct 12, 2014 1:59 pm
 

Comparison As

by FI143 Wed Nov 05, 2014 11:42 pm

Which sentence is correct?

As my brother does, I have a baseball card.
As my brother has, I have a baseball card.
RonPurewal
Students
 
Posts: 19744
Joined: Tue Aug 14, 2007 8:23 am
 

Re: Comparison As

by RonPurewal Wed Nov 12, 2014 4:51 am

FI143 Wrote:Which sentence is correct?

As my brother does, I have a baseball card.
As my brother has, I have a baseball card.


in good writing, that kind of construction will come after the main sentence, not before it.

before the main sentence, you'll see "like": Like my brother, I have xxxx.

if you put that construction after the main sentence, use "does" (I have xxxx, as does my brother / as my brother does). ("has" is not a helping verb here, so it doesn't work.)