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Park sang joon Posted 11 years ago
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Parallelism #2

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superman challenges him to battle, but Infinity-Man teleports away mid-battle. His motive in killing the New Gods remains unclear. However, he claims to be acting on behalf of the Source itself—revealed as the "good" half of an entity that previously encompassed the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Source_(comics) and the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-Life_Equation—and that his killings were intended to reunite both aspects.

I think the to-infinitive phrase "to be acting" and "that~" clause are the objects of "claims"; if so, I'd like to know whether "to be acting" and "that~" clause can keep parallelism.

Thank you in advance for your help.
  

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He claims [ to be acting on behalf of the Source itself and that his killings were intended to reunite both aspects ]. That’s fine. Coordinates are not required to be parallel in category, but in function .

— RandomGuy

  • He claims [ to be acting on behalf of the Source itself and that his killings were intended to reunite both aspects ].
  • That’s fine.
  • Coordinates are not required to be parallel in category, but in function .
  • What makes this coordination admissible is that either construction could occur alone with the same function.
  • He claims to be acting on behalf of the Source itself .
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He claims [to be acting on behalf of the Source itself and that his killings were intended to reunite both aspects].

That’s fine. Coordinates are not required to be parallel in category, but in function. What makes this coordination admissible is that either construction could occur alone with the same function.

He claims to be acti
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Thank you, Aspara Gus, for your very kind answer. Emotion: smile

claim 1truth [transitive]to
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park sang joonWhy do you think so?
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