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I've noticed a grammar pattern recently: 「 **Ｖ** 方{ほう}も **Ｖ** 方{ほう}だ」. From
what I can tell, it always repeats the same verb twice, and it seems like ほう
is often written in kana:

> **行く** ほうも **行く** ほうだ

And if it's a する verb, usually only する repeats:

> 質問 **する** ほうも **する** ほうです

But I can't find it in any of my reference materials—the dictionaries on my
EX-WORD, the Makino et al. grammar dictionaries, or in Martin. I can find
[lots of examples
online](https://www.google.com/search?hl=ja&q=%22%E3%81%BB%E3%81%86%E3%82%82*%E3%81%BB%E3%81%86%E3%81%A0%22),
but my poor brain just can't make sense of them:

> **作る** ほうも **作る** ほうだが、  
>  **売る** ほうも **売る** ほうだ。加えて、  
>  **買う** ほうもまた **買う** ほうだと思っていた。  
>  そんなときに全く偶然に入ったお店がこの店だった。
>
> _[(from a blog post found on Google)](http://soujyu2.blog59.fc2.com/blog-
> entry-1094.html)_

I guess ほう is 方, but I'm not sure how to interpret it or why it repeats. What
does **Ｖ** 方{ほう}も **V** 方{ほう}だ mean?
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What does 「ＶほうもＶほうだ」 mean?
"AするほうもAするほうだ" basically means "Those who do A are also to blame", implying
there are other people who are also to blame.

> 質問するほうもするほうです

= The person who asked that question is also to blame (although the person who
was asked is not good, either.)

> 作るほうも作るほうだが、売るほうも売るほうだ。加えて、買うほうもまた買うほうだ

= I don't like those who make such things, and those who sell them. And even
those who buy them.

Other examples:

  * 詐欺は犯罪だが、騙される方も騙される方だ。
  * 彼の命令は間違っていたが、黙って従った方も従った方だ。
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