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Persian Learner Posted 10 years ago
Grammar

Omission of the verb after coordinating conjunction.

Hi.

It's OK to discuss business during dinner, but don't go overboard and hand out documents for your guests to read while they're eating.

My understanding of the above text: don't go overboard and don't hand out documents as the result of being gone overboard.

Is my understanding correct?
  

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Persian Learner Is my understanding correct? No. Don't go overboard by handing out documents.

— Mister Micawber

  • Persian Learner Is my understanding correct?
  • No.
  • Don't go overboard by handing out documents.
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Persian LearnerIs my understanding correct?
No. Don't go overboard by handing out documents.
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So, they agree with handing out documents during guests' eating, right?
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Persian Learner they agree
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By 'they' I mean the person who insists on handing out documents during eating.
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Persian LearnerBy 'they' I mean the person who insists on handing out documents during eating.
I still don't understand what your problem is. The speaker of the sentence says that one should not hand out documents.
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The speaker of the sentence says that one should not hand out documents.
How is my preliminary viewpoint contrary to what you cited?

don't go overboard and don't hand out documents as the result of being gone overboard.



My crux part of problem is that how I should realize whether the auxiliary verb ("don't" i
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Persian LearnerHow is my preliminary viewpoint contrary to what you cited?
Because you said 'as the result of being gone overboard'. That is not right (or grammatical).
Persian LearnerMy crux part of problem is that how I should realize whether the auxiliary verb ("don't" in this case) applies to the verb (hand out) in the second claus
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