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MaverickK Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

Coordinating conjunction

Hi,

Please let me know why this sentence is not correct -

"The gifts of the father and the son were good."

Any help will be appreciated.
  

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There is nothing wrong with the sentence as it stands. Is it a problem related to context?
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The explanation which I read was - A coordinating conjunction should join 2 things which are similar. So the correct usage should be -
"The gifts of the father and those of the son were good".
Please keep in my mind that this is a question from a standard test. So I have to go by what the rule of grammar says(and not what the informal english says).
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MaverickKThe explanation which I read was - A coordinating conjunction should join 2 things which are similar. So the correct usage should be -
"The gifts of the father and those of the son were good".
Please keep in my mind that this is a question from a standard test. So I have to go by what the rule of grammar says(and not what the informal english says).
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In current English grammar, these are both fine:

The gifts of the father and the son were good.-- There may be one or more gifts per person.
The gifts of the father and those of the son were good-- There is more than one gift per person.
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