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
do not convey the same meaning. You are joining the clauses
members that meet the criteria
andpeers that do not (meet the criteria)
usingwhile
which is incorrect because the two clauses are not contradictory. [Which is the intended use of the conjunctionwhile
in this case.]You could, however, say something like this:
or