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Tamguatlay Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

Is 'founding' correctly used in the sentence?

Since then, he has been teaching karate in Singapore, founding the Ken Yu Kai Karate Association (Member of the Singapore Karate-Do Federation) on 19 September 1991 to promote the art of karate in Singapore.


Is 'founding' correctly used in the sentence?

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It does not read tremendously well. The sentence leads us to think that "teaching ... founding" should be parallel, but actually "teaching" is a continuous activity while "founding" is a discrete action.

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  • It does not read tremendously well.
  • The sentence leads us to think that "teaching ...
  • founding" should be parallel, but actually "teaching" is a continuous activity while "founding" is a discrete action.
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It does not read tremendously well. The sentence leads us to think that "teaching ... founding" should be parallel, but actually "teaching" is a continuous activity while "founding" is a discrete action.
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