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Shcho23 Posted 9 years ago
Grammar

Parallel structure

Romeo can't stay away from Juliet, so he has jumped over a wall and entered the grounds of her house.


Which is in parallel with "entered", "has jumped" or "jumped"?


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1. Romeo can't stay away from Juliet, so he has jumped over a wall and entered the grounds of her house. e.

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  • 1.
  • Romeo can't stay away from Juliet, so he has jumped over a wall and entered the grounds of her house.
  • e.
  • it inherits the earlier "has") because otherwise it is not a logical sequence of tenses.
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1. Romeo can't stay away from Juliet, so he has jumped over a wall and entered the grounds of her house.

Here "entered" is assumed to mean "has entered" (i.e. it inherits the earlier "has") because otherwise it is not a logical sequence of tenses.

2. Romeo can't stay away from Juliet, so he jumped over a wall and entered the grounds of her hous

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