Word Choice – Using ‘Do Not Do So’ Correctly

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Is this sentence structure is correct?

We count the number of members that meet the criteria while their
peers do not do so

Will using the following sentence instead provides the same meaning?

We count the number of members that meet the criteria while their
peers do

what I mean by do not do or do not do so, is they do not meet the criteria.

Best Answer

No, the sentence

We count the number of members that meet the criteria while their peers do

do not convey the same meaning. You are joining the clauses members that meet the criteria and peers that do not (meet the criteria) using while which is incorrect because the two clauses are not contradictory. [Which is the intended use of the conjunction while in this case.]

You could, however, say something like this:

We count the number of members that meet the criteria but not their peers.

or

We count the number of members that meet the criteria while their peers do not.

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