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Breez Posted 20 years ago
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Parallel Voice?

In parallelism, should the items in parallel always be in the same voice? Like all items should be passive tense or all should be active tense.
  

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Hi, In parallelism, should the items in parallel always be in the same voice? Like all items should be passive tense or all should be active tense. Generally speaking, yes, although you can't really generalize about literary and 'artistic' expression.

  • Hi, In parallelism, should the items in parallel always be in the same voice?
  • Like all items should be passive tense or all should be active tense.
  • Generally speaking, yes, although you can't really generalize about literary and 'artistic' expression.
  • Language is an art form , not mathematics.
  • I came, I saw, it was conquered by me doesn't sound as great as the original.
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Hi,

In parallelism, should the items in parallel always be in the same voice? Like all items should be passive tense or all should be active tense. Generally speaking, yes, although you can't really generalize about literary and 'artistic' expression. Language is an art form , not mathematics.

I came, I saw, it was conquered by

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