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By making so, she helped restore trust.","After by, the substitute takes the -ing form of do: by doing so, meaning by apologising publicly. Make so is not a substitute form, and after a preposition do must take -ing.","She apologised publicly. 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On Tuesday adds a contrasting time to the shared action.","Nina submitted her report on Monday; Omar did so on Tuesday.",[],{"words":196,"correct":35,"wrongIndex":150,"corrections":205},[197,198,199,200,201,202,203,32,28,201,204],"Nina","submitted","her","report","on","Monday;","Omar","Tuesday.",[35,36,55],"\u002Fuploads\u002Fimages\u002Fgpimg_45fe2a2e-705b-4b27-84ef-b726276671df_hero.webp?v=1790492532",{"title":208,"slug":209,"language":210,"level":211},"Substitution with Do So, So and Not","substitution-with-do-so-so-and-not","en","C1"]