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Pokh Posted 15 years ago
Grammar
Parallelism
1.He became well known as much for having an eccentric personality as for skillful wax renderings of popular public figures.
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1.Why is above sentence awkward... I guess first one is gerund phrase and second a noun? Can't we have a noun phrase parallel to a gerund phrase?
2.Is it wrong because having is used as non continuous verb and thus it cannot be used as a main verb to mean "possession"?
2. He became as well known for having an eccentric personality as having skillfully rendered popular public figures in wax.
ETS: AWKWARD
Why is sentence 2 still awkward..even after changing both to gerund phrase?
Finally , sentence below seems to be correct
3.He became as well known for her eccentric personality as for her skillful wax renderings of popular public figures.
But should it not be......... WELL KNOWN AS FOR ....... AS FOR .....?
Any difference between AS WELL KNOWN FOR.....AS FOR.... and WELL KNOWN AS FOR ....... AS FOR .....
Guys Please shed some lights
Thank you
ETS: AWKWARD
1.Why is above sentence awkward... I guess first one is gerund phrase and second a noun? Can't we have a noun phrase parallel to a gerund phrase?
2.Is it wrong because having is used as non continuous verb and thus it cannot be used as a main verb to mean "possession"?
2. He became as well known for having an eccentric personality as having skillfully rendered popular public figures in wax.
ETS: AWKWARD
Why is sentence 2 still awkward..even after changing both to gerund phrase?
Finally , sentence below seems to be correct
3.He became as well known for her eccentric personality as for her skillful wax renderings of popular public figures.
But should it not be......... WELL KNOWN AS FOR ....... AS FOR .....?
Any difference between AS WELL KNOWN FOR.....AS FOR.... and WELL KNOWN AS FOR ....... AS FOR .....
Guys Please shed some lights
Thank you
Top answer
1. Yes. 2.
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- Yes.
- 2.
- " Also, the two uses of "having" are different.
- The first one is "possessing," and the second one is used as the perfect auxilliary.
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1. Yes.
2. I think you need to repeat the "for."
Also, the two uses of "having" are different. The first one is "possessing," and the second one is used as the perfect auxilliary. (as you say)
I don't exactly follow your "non-continuous" point.
3. . . . . as well known for A as for B.
"Well-known as for" is not used, as far as I can recall.
2. I think you need to repeat the "for."
Also, the two uses of "having" are different. The first one is "possessing," and the second one is used as the perfect auxilliary. (as you say)
I don't exactly follow your "non-continuous" point.
3. . . . . as well known for A as for B.
"Well-known as for" is not used, as far as I can recall.
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.. I mean to say .... First sentence and second sentence are wrong because it is using HAVING to indicate possession, which, I thin00
2. He became as well known for having an eccentric personality as having skillfully rendered popular public figures in wax.
You're on the right track, but the devil is in the details. The first "having" is a gerund, and its phrase is object of the preposition "for." Yes, the meaning is "possessing."
If you wanted to
You're on the right track, but the devil is in the details. The first "having" is a gerund, and its phrase is object of the preposition "for." Yes, the meaning is "possessing."
If you wanted to
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