About Comparison: "than he does" or "than does he"?

[rx_11]

Hi, instructors,

In ManhattanGMAT SC 4th Page129, there are two sentenses about comparison:

"I like cheese more than he does."
"Apples are more healthy to eat than caramels are"

I have a little question. Can we change these sentense's orders to:

"I like cheese more than does he." ?
&"Apples are more healthy to eat than are caramels"

I'm not quite sure about it. Hope your clarifications.

Cheers.

rx.

[dmitryknowsbest]

You can switch order, but "does he" is not generally used. You're more likely to see the verb before the pronoun when the things being compared take additional words to describe:

People who prepare for the GMAT tend to score higher than do those who take it sight unseen.

You might also add a verb, such as "does," to eliminate ambiguity from a sentence such as "I like pie more than my brother." Do I like pie more than my brother likes pie, or do I like pie more than I like my brother? I can clear this up by adding "does":

I like pie more than does my brother.