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English 1b3 Posted 16 years ago
Grammar

Joining adverb/prepositional phrases with or without a conjunction

Can you move the shelf farther from the desk and towards the door?





The two italicized adverb phrases modify ‘move.’ Can we join these two phrases together without ‘and’? If so, why can we join these phrases with a conjunction while others you cannot, eg. two verb phrases?

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English 1b3 join these phrases with a conjunction while others you cannot, eg. two verb phrases? Without "and," "towards the door" would be taken as describing which desk, or aiding the listener in finding it if there were only one.

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  • English 1b3 join these phrases with a conjunction while others you cannot, eg.
  • two verb phrases?
  • Without "and," "towards the door" would be taken as describing which desk, or aiding the listener in finding it if there were only one.
  • Just having come off a so-called "two-verb" creation, I hasten to point out that the first verb is typically finite.
  • Best regards, - A.
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English 1b3join these phrases with a conjunction while others you cannot, eg. two verb phrases?
Without "and," "towards the door" would be taken as describing which desk, or aiding the listener in finding it if there were only one.

Just having come off a so-called "two-verb" creation, I hasten to point out that the first verb is typically finite.
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