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Mekkalomp Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

Parallelism

Is the following sentence grammatically correct?

I like to read books, magazines at home, and papers.

If not, then, does it have to be either 'I like to read books, magazines, and papers' or 'I like to read books in school, magazines at home, and papers at library'.
  

Top answer

mekkalomp I like to read books, magazines at home, and papers. It is grammatically correct, but stylistically ugly.

— AlpheccaStars

  • mekkalomp I like to read books, magazines at home, and papers.
  • It is grammatically correct, but stylistically ugly.
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mekkalompI like to read books, magazines at home, and papers.
It is grammatically correct, but stylistically ugly.
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AlpheccaStarsIt is grammatically correct, but stylistically ugly.
Could you explain this one:

James stopped smoking, drinking and to eat too much.
I have to correct above mentioned sentence. My correction would be:
James stopped smoking, drinking, and eating, but the correct correction is
James stopped smoking, drinking and to eat too mu
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mekkalompJames stopped smoking, drinking, and eating
That's OK grammatically, but you left out the 'too much'.
mekkalompJames stopped smoking, drinking and to eat too much.
That's wrong.
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fivejedjonmekkalompJames stopped smoking, drinking and to eat too much.That's wrong.
Oops, the correct answer is 'James stopped smoking, drinking and to eating too much'
fivejedjonmekkalompJames stopped smoking, drinking, and eating
That's OK grammatically, but you left out the 'too much'.
Yes,
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You have three -ing forms. That's works.

You could have James stopped smoking pot, drinking gin and eating rhubarb. Its still fine.
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fivejedjonYou have three -ing forms. That's works.You could have James stopped smoking pot, drinking gin and eating rhubarb. Its still fine.
Wouldn't this be 'stylistically ugly'? SInce 'I like to read books, magazines at home, and papers' is 'It is grammatically correct, but stylistically ugly'
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mekkalomp Wouldn't this be 'stylistically ugly'? SInce 'I like to read books, magazines at home, and papers' is 'It is grammatically correct, but stylistically ugly'
No, because in my sentence you have three -ing forms followed by a direct object. In yours you have the 'at home' stuck in the middle. Had you written the sentence below, it would have bee
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fivejedjonNo, because in my sentence you have three -ing forms followed by a direct object. In yours you have the 'at home' stuck in the middle. Had you written the sentence below, it would have been fine:I like to read books at school, magazines at home and papers on the train.
Sorry, there is a small misscommunication. The sentence I meant is 'James stopped
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mekkalompSorry, there is a small misscommunication. The sentence I meant is 'James stopped smoking, drinking, and eating too much'. You are right that we are using three times an -ing form, but aren't we breaking the 'parallelism rule' in that sentence? We didn't specify how much we eat or drink, but we did with eating, that is too much.
The sentence is ambigu
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