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Yog-Sothoth Posted 18 years ago
Grammar
Infinitive after than?
"It´s easier to escape than to cope with all these problems."
"It´s easier to escape than cope with all these problems."
Which of these sentences is correct? If both are correct, which one sounds better?
"It´s easier to escape than cope with all these problems."
Which of these sentences is correct? If both are correct, which one sounds better?
Top answer
They are both correct but 1 sounds better.
- They are both correct but 1 sounds better.
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A Cornish PastyThey are both correct but 1 sounds better.I agree, because I prefer parallel contructions.
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Thank you, Cornish pasty and Philip!
The first one sounds better to me too in this kind of sentence. However, I feel the of use of "to" after "than" sounds a little awkward, especially in sentences like. "I´d prefer to escape rather than to cope with all these problems". Does this one sound to you as well as the above mentioned? I´d like to know your opinion as english speakers.
The first one sounds better to me too in this kind of sentence. However, I feel the of use of "to" after "than" sounds a little awkward, especially in sentences like. "I´d prefer to escape rather than to cope with all these problems". Does this one sound to you as well as the above mentioned? I´d like to know your opinion as english speakers.
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Always keep the parallelism in the sentence. There are other posts about this topic, if you search, you may find them.
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