'has basketball',not'baskball has'?

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Mar 14th 2011 07:32

ex:
Soccer and baseball have more fans, but no other sport has increased in popularity so quickly over the past 30 years than has basketball.

Why does this sentence above use 'has basketball',not'baskball has'?

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Mar 14th 2011 07:35 Ray

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Spanish , French

Soccer and baseball have more fans, but no other sport has increased in popularity so quickly over the past 30 years than has basketball.
Soccer and baseball have more fans, but no other sport has increased as quickly in popularity so quickly over the past 30 years as has basketball.

Why does this sentence above use 'has basketball',not'baskball has'?
Why does this sentence above use 'has basketball', not 'baseball has'?

Either one is correct... you can say "as baseball has" or "as has baseball." I think with the expression "AS... AS" you have the option of choosing either one. It is "AS" that makes the difference here.

Mar 14th 2011 07:36 Ray

Also, "has basketball" is more literary. Most people would not say that when speaking orally, but only in writing. "as basketball has" is more informal and more common in everyday speech.

Mar 14th 2011 07:43 karanlik

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Turkish , German

Sometimes this inverted subject-verb order can happen when making comparisons. It's a bit more formal-sounding. I am not sure, but I think using "basketball has" would also be considered correct.

You can search online for other situations with inverted subject-verb order. :)

Mar 14th 2011 07:46 karanlik

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Turkish , German

Why does this sentence above use 'has basketball',not'baskball has'?
Why does this sentence above use 'has basketball', not 'basketball has'?

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