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How to shorten the following sentence?

If the teacher brings a gift for Adam, then the teacher brings a gift for Barbara.

This sentence does not make much sense. My question is if there is a formula (like ·so does it·) to shorten "If SVO+prep. A, then SVO+prep. B."

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    A gift for Adam from the teacher means Barbara gets one too.
    – Jim
    Commented Jun 23, 2014 at 4:29
  • Why the down vote?
    – Kris
    Commented Jun 23, 2014 at 5:21

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I shorten this sentence this way:

If the teacher gives Adam a gift, then (he/she) does likewise for Barbara.

One replaces gift.

What I noticed in your sentence:

  • The verb must be conjugated to the 3rd person singular in this context.
  • Bring and give don't have necessarily the same meaning.
  • In this context, we use the preposition to (ex: give it to me), but I use for in my sentence for another reason. Of course, we can say give me.
  • We can replace information with other words like pronouns, nominal groups etc.

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