jiang
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Dear teachers,
I came across two sentences one of which I don't understand and one of which, I think, is not correct.
No.1. A sharp change toward resource-conserving diets would be a heavy blow to some segments of our food industry, which, however, would be better able to bear it than would the family agriculture of the past.
My question is: Is the sentence after 'than', that is 'than would the family agriculture of the past' an inverted sentence? If it is what's the reason for doing so?
No.2. It should be granted that there are some grounds for pessimism that the diet revolution will occur, let alone that it may leave us notably healthier and wealthier.
I have consulted my dictionaries the subjective clause is always a negative sentence or of negative meaning when we use 'let alone'. So the sentence should be 'It should......that the diet revolution will not occur, let alone.....' Am I right?
I am looking forward to hearing from you.
Thank you in advance.
Have a nice weekend.
Jiang
I came across two sentences one of which I don't understand and one of which, I think, is not correct.
No.1. A sharp change toward resource-conserving diets would be a heavy blow to some segments of our food industry, which, however, would be better able to bear it than would the family agriculture of the past.
My question is: Is the sentence after 'than', that is 'than would the family agriculture of the past' an inverted sentence? If it is what's the reason for doing so?
No.2. It should be granted that there are some grounds for pessimism that the diet revolution will occur, let alone that it may leave us notably healthier and wealthier.
I have consulted my dictionaries the subjective clause is always a negative sentence or of negative meaning when we use 'let alone'. So the sentence should be 'It should......that the diet revolution will not occur, let alone.....' Am I right?
I am looking forward to hearing from you.
Thank you in advance.
Have a nice weekend.
Jiang