Parallel construction
HI
These lines are not consistent with the lesson "The Letter" but with the poem "The Mountain and the squirrel".
My questions
1. Is the sentence grammatical?
2. Don't we need to use "are consistent" before the second "with"?
Please give your views.
Suresh
Top answer
vsuresh 1. Is the sentence grammatical? Yes and no.
- vsuresh 1.
- Is the sentence grammatical?
- Yes and no.
- The words are in a correct order, but they don't seem to mean anything.
- vsuresh 2.
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vsuresh1. Is the sentence grammatical?
Yes and no. The words are in a correct order, but they don't seem to mean anything.
vsuresh2. Don't we need to use "are consistent" before the second "with"?
I don't see how lines can be consistent with a lesson or a poem, but if they can, it depends on what you want to say. A
0vsuresh1. Is the sentence grammatical?
Yes.
vsuresh2. Don't we need to use "are consistent" before the second "with"?
No. The word "but" takes care of that problem because "but" signifies an opposition of ideas.
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