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Pokh Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

Parallelism

It was built on spectacular scale of more than 75 carefully engineered structures of up to 600 rooms and with each connected by a complex regional system of roads.

Guys, And is a parallel marker, thus in above sentence can I say EACH is parallel to 600 rooms,implying Rooms instead of structures were connected by a complex regional system of roads?

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Hi, It was built on spectacular scale of more than 75 carefully engineered structures of up to 600 rooms and with each connected by a complex regional system of roads. Guys, And is a parallel marker, thus in above sentence can I say EACH is parallel to 600 rooms ,implying Rooms instead of structures were connected by a complex regional system of roads? In interpeting meaning, you have to use common sense as well as grammar.

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  • Hi, It was built on spectacular scale of more than 75 carefully engineered structures of up to 600 rooms and with each connected by a complex regional system of roads.
  • Guys, And is a parallel marker, thus in above sentence can I say EACH is parallel to 600 rooms ,implying Rooms instead of structures were connected by a complex regional system of roads?
  • In interpeting meaning, you have to use common sense as well as grammar.
  • Do you think that one would speak of 600 rooms all connected by a complex system of regional roads?
  • Seems bizarre to me!
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Hi,

It was built on spectacular scale of more than 75 carefully engineered structures of up to 600 rooms and with each connected by a complex regional system of roads.

Guys, And is a parallel marker, thus in above sentence can I say EACH is parallel to 600 rooms,implying Rooms instead of structures were connected by a complex regional system of
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