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Pokh Posted 15 years ago
Grammar
Parallelism
A recent New York Times editorial criticized the city’s election board for, first of all, failing to replace outmoded voting machines prone to breakdowns, and second, for failing to investigate allegations of corruption involving board members.
Guys,
Is above sentence strictly parallel? Shouldn't the first part read as
A recent New York Times editorial criticized the city’s election board, first of all, for failing to replace ? I am bit confused... Please help me out..
Guys,
Is above sentence strictly parallel? Shouldn't the first part read as
A recent New York Times editorial criticized the city’s election board, first of all, for failing to replace ? I am bit confused... Please help me out..
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I see what you mean, but I don't think that the adverbials ('first of all', 'second') need to be in the same relative position.
- I see what you mean, but I don't think that the adverbials ('first of all', 'second') need to be in the same relative position.
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I see what you mean, but I don't think that the adverbials ('first of all', 'second') need to be in the same relative position.
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