Is parallel construction needed?
(1a) Some dishonest sellers are hiding in our antique club and target a specific type of buyers.
(1b) Some dishonest sellers are hiding in our antique club and targeting a specific type of buyers. (parallel contruction)
(2a) Jack is going swimming and plans to borrow books from the library.
(2b) Jack is going swimming and planning to borrow books from the library. (parallel construction)
One of my non-native English speaking friends has better English skills than we. He thinks parallel construction is needed as given in (1b) and (2b).
Are the a's without the parallel structure really wrong? Thanks a lot.
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ansonguy Are the a's without the parallel structure really wrong? Thanks a lot. (1a) I would say that this sentence is unlikely but wouldn't call it ungrammatical.
- ansonguy Are the a's without the parallel structure really wrong?
- Thanks a lot.
- (1a) I would say that this sentence is unlikely but wouldn't call it ungrammatical.
- The simple present verb "target", to me, just means that they (the dishonest sellers) normally/usually target a specific type of buyers, whereas "targeting" means it's likely/possibly a temporary situation (while they are hiding in our antique club).
- (2a) Fine (2a) I don't see anything wrong with this sentence.
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ansonguyAre the a's without the parallel structure really wrong? Thanks a lot.
(1a) I would say that this sentence is unlikely but wouldn't call it ungrammatical. The simple present verb "target", to me, just means that they (the dishonest sellers) normally/usually target a specific type of buyers, whereas "targeting" means it's likely/possibly a temp
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