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Anonymous Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

Omission of auxiliary verb

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00I am having a discussion with my office mates, none of us a native English speaker. Could you bring some light into this?02br
00When is it correct, to drop an auxiliary verb to avoid pleonasm? I would say that the following sentence is correct:02br
01i00I have taken a bath and eaten an apple02br
02i00In this case, the subect is the same for both verbs. When the subject changes, is it still okay?02br
01i00I have taken a bath and you, eaten an apple02br
02i00Or, the sentence we are discussing about,02br
01i00This state has been theoretically predicted and indirect evidence presented02br
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00Can you help us?02br
00Thanks,02br
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00Nacho0-
  

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02br 02br 00 Note that the structure in the two sentences is not really the same. 02br 02br 00 In short, if you need to use this sort of phrasing, I would recommend avoiding the active structure, and I would accept the passive in most cases. Although active voice is stronger than passive voice for most purposes, however, and is usually recommended, I would treat this particular structure as an exception.

— CalifJim

  • 02br 02br 00 Note that the structure in the two sentences is not really the same.
  • 02br 02br 00 In short, if you need to use this sort of phrasing, I would recommend avoiding the active structure, and I would accept the passive in most cases.
  • Although active voice is stronger than passive voice for most purposes, however, and is usually recommended, I would treat this particular structure as an exception.
  • 02br 02br 00 CJ0-
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0 It's still okay as02br
01i00I have taken a bath, and you, eaten an apple.02i02br
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00 However, it's comparatively rarely used.02br
02br
00 Note that the structure in the two sentences is not really the same. The second example is more convincing.02br
00 Perhaps the most important factor which makes the second
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0 Thank you very much. It sounds indeed more convincing in the passive voice, which is actually the real case.0-
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This state has been theortically predicted and indirect evidence has been presented.
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