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Pokh Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

Parallelism

In recent years cattle breeders have increasingly used crossbreeding,partly to acquire certain characteristics in their steers and partly because crossbreeding is said to provide hybrid vigor.

Shouldn't the coloured parts be in parallel ?

partly to acquire certain characteristics in their steers ===>inf phrase
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partly because crossbreeding is said to provide hybrid vigor.==> Clause

Please clarify...

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There is no need to set the two clauses up as parallel: the first is a clause of purpose and the second is a clause of cause.

— Mister Micawber

  • There is no need to set the two clauses up as parallel: the first is a clause of purpose and the second is a clause of cause.
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There is no need to set the two clauses up as parallel: the first is a clause of purpose and the second is a clause of cause.
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Mister MicawberThere is no need to set the two clauses up as parallel: the first is a clause of purpose and the second is a clause of cause.
Thanks for your reply.. But I am still confused... is not to acquire certain characteristics in their steers a phrase?
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OK, whatever. It is not worth being confused about.

phrase

–noun 1. Grammar .

a. a sequence of two or more words arranged
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