Sunday, November 11, 2018

syntax - Subject + verb inversion

I have come across, more and more frequently, that writers move the verb forward in sentences like:
Today some English teachers attend to grammatical niceties in a more analytical way than did their predecessors



in stead of




...than their predecessors did.



Is it an American/British difference? What is the King's choice (assuming he speaks the King's English)?

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