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Piermo Posted 3 years ago
Grammar

Parallel structure.

In this parallel sentence, which I found in a website:

“I enjoy going out to a movie as much as I enjoy renting a movie and staying home to watch it.”

Can it be rewritten in this way?

“I enjoy going out to a movie as much as renting a movie and staying home watching it.”

  

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” Can it be rewritten in this way? “I enjoy going out to a movie as much as renting a movie and staying home watching it. ” Yes, you can rewrite it like that, but for some reason you changed the last part, and I was wondering why.

  • ” Can it be rewritten in this way?
  • “I enjoy going out to a movie as much as renting a movie and staying home watching it.
  • ” Yes, you can rewrite it like that, but for some reason you changed the last part, and I was wondering why.
  • I enjoy going out to a movie as much as renting a movie and staying home to watch it.
  • Too many -ing words close together is not good stylistically: stay ing home watch ing .
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piermo

In this parallel sentence, which I found in a website:

“I enjoy going out to a movie as much as I enjoy renting a movie and staying home to watch it.”

Can it be rewritten in this way?

“I enjoy going out to a movie as much as renting a movie and staying home watching it.

Yes, you can rewrite it like that, but for

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