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JungKim Posted 14 years ago
Grammar
parallelism
Do you find this grammatical? Does this in any way go against parallelism?
"They taught me how to kill, how to feel no pain, and most importantly, that every job has a perfect weapon."
"They taught me how to kill, how to feel no pain, and most importantly, that every job has a perfect weapon."
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JungKim Do you find this grammatical? It's fine, but I would put that comma after "and". " You don't always need to pay attention to parallelism.
- JungKim Do you find this grammatical?
- It's fine, but I would put that comma after "and".
- " You don't always need to pay attention to parallelism.
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JungKimDo you find this grammatical? It's fine, but I would put that comma after "and".
Does this in any way go against parallelism?" You don't always need to pay attention to parallelism.
They taught me how to kill, how to feel no pain and, most importantly, that every job has a perfect weapon."
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Well, I like parallelism. It's still pretty parallel - they taught me that every job... is the same pattern - mostly.
However you could also say "how to select the perfect weapon for any/each/every job" and then you have complete parallelism.
However you could also say "how to select the perfect weapon for any/each/every job" and then you have complete parallelism.
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Grammar GeekWell, I like parallelism. It's still pretty parallel - they taught me that every job... is the same pattern - mostly.But the underlined changes the meaning significantly, and for me that is a fatal flaw.
However you could also say "how to select the perfect weapon for any/each/every job" and then you have complete parallelism.
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I thought about that. And if you say "the" perfect weapon, it tells me that there is exactly one, which is the same meaning. Perhaps "each job" of my choices ties that connection even more tightly.
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