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English 1b3 Posted 16 years ago
Grammar

Parallelism with 'rather than'--noun clause & gerund

I have a question regarding 'rather than'. Here is a random sentence I'll use to ask my questions:



I think this sentence is best because the subordinate clause tells why we lost, rather than having a temproral relationship with the main clause.

1. Is this grammatically OK?

2. Should the two phrases in bold be parallel or doesn't rather than require parallelism?

3. why we lost--noun clause?

4. having a temporal relationship--gerund clause?

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Top answer

1-- Dicey 2-- I think they should. 3-- Yes 4-- No such thing

— Mister Micawber

  • 1-- Dicey 2-- I think they should.
  • 3-- Yes 4-- No such thing
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1-- Dicey
2-- I think they should.
3-- Yes
4-- No such thing
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Mister Micawber1-- Dicey

Thanks. Why? How should it be corrected?
Mister MicawberNo such thing
Gerund clause? Gerund phrase then?
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