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Asiasiasi Posted 14 years ago
Grammar
Faulty parallelism?
Hello,
Can you please help me wrap my head around the use of parallel structures.
I have studied the rules carefully, but most grammar websites offer very basic examples that are easy to discern and correct.
I find it quite difficult, however, to parse a bit more elaborated sentences and know with certainty what to do. (this is a good example! does the last sentence suffer from faulty parallelism? Should it be: I find it quite difficult to parse a bit more elaborated sentences and to know with certainty what to do. )
My concrete question (just so there is a common example to work with) is:
is there faulty parallelism in this sentence?
1. I deeply regret that I won’t be able to join the project and have the opportunity to work with you.
if so, is this the correct version.
2. I deeply regret that I won’t be able to join the project and work with you.
(also, if both are correct, is the second version better because of its terseness?)
Any other advice regarding parallel structures is more than welcome.
Thank you for your help!
Can you please help me wrap my head around the use of parallel structures.
I have studied the rules carefully, but most grammar websites offer very basic examples that are easy to discern and correct.
I find it quite difficult, however, to parse a bit more elaborated sentences and know with certainty what to do. (this is a good example! does the last sentence suffer from faulty parallelism? Should it be: I find it quite difficult to parse a bit more elaborated sentences and to know with certainty what to do. )
My concrete question (just so there is a common example to work with) is:
is there faulty parallelism in this sentence?
1. I deeply regret that I won’t be able to join the project and have the opportunity to work with you.
if so, is this the correct version.
2. I deeply regret that I won’t be able to join the project and work with you.
(also, if both are correct, is the second version better because of its terseness?)
Any other advice regarding parallel structures is more than welcome.
Thank you for your help!
Top answer
" is okay. This is a quite complex sentence and quite impressive - I especially like the use of the group of words, "a bit more elaborated," as an adjective. If you're a non-native speaker and you can construct sentences like this, you should have no trouble with anything in English.
- " is okay.
- This is a quite complex sentence and quite impressive - I especially like the use of the group of words, "a bit more elaborated," as an adjective.
- If you're a non-native speaker and you can construct sentences like this, you should have no trouble with anything in English.
- Sentences 1.
- and 2.
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"I find it quite difficult to parse a bit more elaborated sentences and to know with certainty what to do." is okay. This is a quite complex sentence and quite impressive - I especially like the use of the group of words, "a bit more elaborated," as an adjective. If you're a non-native speaker and you can construct sentences like this, you should have no trouble with anything in English.
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asiasiasiis the second version better because of its terseness?In my opinion, yes.
CJ
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