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Abdulkaium tanvir Posted 9 years ago
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Parallelism

After escaping from Syria, he embarked on a dangerous journey through Jordan, Egypt, Libya, sailed on a dinghy to Italy, then travelled to France, finally reaching the UK last year and claiming asylum.

I found this sentence in Guardian News.My question is - should there be " reached ... and claimed" to maintain the parallelism?

  

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After escaping from Syria, he embarked on a dangerous journey through Jordan, Egypt, and Libya, sailed on a dinghy to Italy, and then travelled to France, finally reaching the UK last year and claiming asylum. My question is - should there be " reached ... and claimed" to maintain the parallelism?

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  • After escaping from Syria, he embarked on a dangerous journey through Jordan, Egypt, and Libya, sailed on a dinghy to Italy, and then travelled to France, finally reaching the UK last year and claiming asylum.
  • My question is - should there be " reached ...
  • and claimed" to maintain the parallelism?
  • No, that's not necessary.
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After escaping from Syria, he embarked on a dangerous journey through Jordan, Egypt, and Libya, sailed on a dinghy to Italy, and then travelled to France, finally reaching the UK last year and claiming asylum.

I found this sentence in Guardian News.My question is - should there be " reached ... and claimed" to maintain the parallelism? No, that's not necessary.

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I think you are suggesting we need to say this.

eg After escaping from Syria, he embarked on a dangerous journey through Jordan, Egypt, and Libya, sailed on a dinghy to Italy, then traveled to France, finally reached the UK last year, and claimed asylum.

Yes, you can say this. But you can also use a participial phrase. Consider these two simpler examples.

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