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English 1b3 Posted 16 years ago
Grammar

Compound object of infinitive

I am keen to watch that movie again, all of it this time.

Is the sentence above Ok, with two objects of the infinitive 'to watch' joined without a comma?

Would this be better?

I am keen to watch that move again and watch all of it this time.
  

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Well, your version is a more careful one, while the first is more common in speech. Please remember that sentences like this are a transcription of common speech patterns and do not necessarily bow to any rules of grammar. Any time that posters contribute sentences like this one (casual comments about movies, pizza, visiting Paris, etc), such sentences are unlikely to appear in forms requiring rigorous grammar.

— Mister Micawber

  • Well, your version is a more careful one, while the first is more common in speech.
  • Please remember that sentences like this are a transcription of common speech patterns and do not necessarily bow to any rules of grammar.
  • Any time that posters contribute sentences like this one (casual comments about movies, pizza, visiting Paris, etc), such sentences are unlikely to appear in forms requiring rigorous grammar.
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Well, your version is a more careful one, while the first is more common in speech. Please remember that sentences like this are a transcription of common speech patterns and do not necessarily bow to any rules of grammar. Any time that posters contribute sentences like this one (casual comments about movies, pizza, visiting Paris, etc), such sentences are unlikely to appear in forms requiring
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Thanks. I thought that may be the case.

Is the joining of any phrase (say a compound predicate) and clause with a comma and without a conjunction an example of transcriptions of common speech?
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Well, it's a good excuse, anyway.
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