英语语法问题：倒装 Within the same age group,men who rated their health as “very poor” were greWithin the same age group,men who rated their health as “very poor” were greater than three times more likely to have died than were those who rated their health as “excellent.”最后一个were是倒装呢吗?不是应该在句末吗?为什么要这样呢?
英语语法问题：倒装 Within the same age group,men who rated their health as “very poor” were gre
Within the same age group,men who rated their health as “very poor” were greater than three times more likely to have died than were those who rated their health as “excellent.”
最后一个were是倒装呢吗?不是应该在句末吗?为什么要这样呢?
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正确语序是those who rated their health as "excellent" were, were 指 die，指那些身体状况超好的人与前者（身体状况不好者）作比较的一种状态。如果 "those were", 一般人会期待were后有什么，were什么呢？倒装就解决了这个问题，were在前面，就不用期待什么了。
是倒装,没错
为什么要倒装呢?笼统地讲,倒装一般都是为了强调,把需要强调的句子成分提前到开头,在“比较”的句型里还是比较常见的.
在这个具体例句里呢,主要是因为【those who rated their health as “excellent】这个比较对象比较长,如果把were按照正常语序放到尾巴上的话呢,这句子就“战线拖太长”,看了半天看不到动词.因为我们一般认为一个句子的核心是它的谓语（动词）,而动词一般比较短,主语有时候就像这里一样会比较长,所以动词提前,就相当于更清晰简短地表达意思.
具体什么时候要倒装,什么时候不要,这个我觉得得靠语感.尤其在这种“比较”的句子里,很多时候是用不用倒装都挺舒服的,就是两种说法而已,很难说这个时候就一定得用倒装.
拿中文举个（可能不恰当的）例子：
正常语序 【你干嘛呀?】
口语中的“倒装” （广义上的动词提前,语法上不一定管这叫倒装）【干嘛呀你?】
至少在我看来,后一种更准确地体现了那种“强调”的“口感”...
个人认为不是每个英文句子倒装都一定会有这个“清晰简短”的效果,但是整体上说,大家久而久之成了习惯,遇到这个结构的句子就都会用倒装了.比如说你这个例句吧,其实直接把were省略了,更简洁呢,管它倒不倒装,但是人家就是会这么说...╮(╯_╰)╭