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Pokh Posted 15 years ago
Grammar
Linking verbs an parallelism
The only way for growers to salvage frozen citrus is to have it quickly processed into juice concentrate before warmer weather returns and rots the fruit.
To Err is Human , to forgive Divine.
Losing Ability to smell is First sign of Parkinson's
To write is Human, to Edit is Divine.
Guys, I am finding hard to understand the Parallelism with linking verbs.. Consider first sentence it's precisely parallel to salvage and to have , but second one
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To Err is Human , to forgive Divine.
Losing Ability to smell is First sign of Parkinson's
To write is Human, to Edit is Divine.
Guys, I am finding hard to understand the Parallelism with linking verbs.. Consider first sentence it's precisely parallel to salvage and to have , but second one
Thank you
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Some of your post seems to be missing, pokh. Are you pasting from another document? It is better to type directly into the message box.
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Some of your post seems to be missing, pokh. Are you pasting from another document? It is better to type directly into the message box.
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Mister MicawberSome of your post seems to be missing, pokh. Are you pasting from another document? It is better to type directly into the message box.ah, sorry, I didn't realise that...My question is why parallelism is maintained in the First sentence whereas not on the second, third, and fourth sentence.One more example.. Consider following sentence.. Why d
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2. To Err is Human , to forgive Divine.
3. Losing Ability to smell is First sign of Parkinson's
4. To write is Human, to Edit is Divine.
You may be unclear on what parallelism is, pokh. Sentences 2 and 4 have very parallel verb structures. #3 has only one infinitive, so there is nothing for it to be parallel with!
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3. Losing Ability to smell is First sign of Parkinson's
4. To write is Human, to Edit is Divine.
You may be unclear on what parallelism is, pokh. Sentences 2 and 4 have very parallel verb structures. #3 has only one infinitive, so there is nothing for it to be parallel with!
Why do we need to ma
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One legacy of Madison Avenue’s recent campaign to appeal to people fifty years old and over is the
realization that as people age, their concerns change as well.
The only way for growers to salvage frozen citrus is to have it quickly processed into juice concentrate before warmer weather returns and rots the fruit.
Dont we need to
realization that as people age, their concerns change as well.
The only way for growers to salvage frozen citrus is to have it quickly processed into juice concentrate before warmer weather returns and rots the fruit.
Dont we need to
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No, pokh - you are not looking carefully enough at the overall sentence structure. The first bracketed segment is all a prepositional phrase modifying (hence, subordinated to) 'legacy':
One legacy [of Madison Avenue’s recent campaign to appeal to people fifty years old and over] is the
realization [that as people age, their concerns change as well].
One legacy [of Madison Avenue’s recent campaign to appeal to people fifty years old and over] is the
realization [that as people age, their concerns change as well].
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