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Sarunnio Posted 15 years ago
Grammar
Parallelism
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1) We wanted to cook and to swim.
2) We wanted to cook and swim.
Are both grammatically correct?
and Do they make any difference in meaning?
1) We wanted to cook and to swim.
2) We wanted to cook and swim.
Are both grammatically correct?
and Do they make any difference in meaning?
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Sarunnio 1) We wanted to cook and to swim. They're interchangeable. The infinitive marker may distribute to both base forms.
- Sarunnio 1) We wanted to cook and to swim.
- They're interchangeable.
- The infinitive marker may distribute to both base forms.
- I like to sing and dance.
- Context sometimes makes it clear whether or not you mean to do both activities simultaneously.
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Sarunnio1) We wanted to cook and to swim.
2) We wanted to cook and swim.They're interchangeable. The infinitive marker may distribute to both base forms.
I like to sing and dance.
Context sometimes makes it clear whether or not you mean to do both activities simultaneously.
Your example would be taken to mean that you wanted to do b
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As Avangi said, they are both correct.
I prefer the second, but I just cannot imagine cooking and swimming at the same time!
I prefer the second, but I just cannot imagine cooking and swimming at the same time!
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