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Victo Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

Can we omit the extra 'a' in each, or doesn't it matter?

I'm going to use a sentence from my last post to ask my next question. In the sentence below, do I need to repeat 'a' before the words 'letter' and 'period' to be truly parallel?


Can I just use 'a' once and do this?


Unparallel?

If the words 'Thanks' and 'Thank you' are used at the end of a memorandum or letter, are they followed by a comma or period?


Or do I need to repeat 'a' twice, as shown below?


Parallel?

If the words 'Thanks' and 'Thank you' are used at the end of a memorandum or a letter, are they followed by a comma or a period?


Thank you.
  

Top answer

victo do I need to repeat 'a' before the words 'letter' and 'period' to be truly parallel? No, it’s optional.

— RandomGuy

  • victo do I need to repeat 'a' before the words 'letter' and 'period' to be truly parallel?
  • No, it’s optional.
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victodo I need to repeat 'a' before the words 'letter' and 'period' to be truly parallel?
No, it’s optional.
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Which do you prefer, personally?
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You once mentioned that you never read a style book, Aspara Gus. Were you born with a grammatical brain? This is somewhat enigmatic to me, to say the least. You and Charles Harper must have the same gifted grammatical genetics. How's that for an alliterative phrase? LOL.
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victoWhich do you prefer, personally?
#2, but not by much.
victoYou once mentioned that you never read a style book, Aspara Gus. Were you born with a grammatical brain?
Well, there’s only so much grammar to be learned from a style manual.
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