As a linguist, he acknowledges that all varieties of human language, including non-standard ones like Black English, can be powerfully expressive - there exists no language or dialect in the world that cannot convey complex ideas.
He is not arguing, as many do, that we can no longer think straight because we do not talk proper.
书上说，这里的do, 用于代替主句出现的谓语动词，那样我的疑问是：
这句话中，主句的谓语动词应该是is not arguing, 还是后面的think straight呢？
若是is not arguing, 不应该用as many be吗？若是think straight, 应该是用as many do吧？
好困惑，恳请老师指点迷津！
又比如：
I dont want to set down a series of facts in a diary, as most people do.
as most people do中的do是替换want呢？ 还是set down呢？为何？
He is not arguing, as many do, that we can no longer think straight because we do not talk proper.
do 指“一般情况”，is doing 指“眼前状况”。主从句的时态未必要完全一致或等同。假如大家过去那样觉得，则用 as many did。
【翻译】不像其他很多人那样，他并不觉得大家说话方法不再规范就会使大家不可以够准确的考虑。
I dont want to set down a series of facts in a diary, as most people do.
as most people do. 中的 do 是替换 want 呢？ 还是 set down 呢？为何？
——这非常简单。do 是替代谓语动词的，而不是“非谓语动词”。
