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Pokh Posted 15 years ago
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Participle/ Verb..
1.Each year companies in the United State could save as much as $58 billion annually by preventing illness among employees and gain as much as $200 billion through improving performance of workers if they simply provided offices with cleaner air.
2.Each year companies in the United State could save as much as $58 billion annually by preventing illness among employees and gain as much as $200 billion through improved worker performance if they simply provided of workers if they simply provided offices with cleaner air.
Guys,
why is first sentence prefered over second ? I think preventing is parallel to improving rather than improved. But book says second one is correct... Please help me out??
2.Each year companies in the United State could save as much as $58 billion annually by preventing illness among employees and gain as much as $200 billion through improved worker performance if they simply provided of workers if they simply provided offices with cleaner air.
Guys,
why is first sentence prefered over second ? I think preventing is parallel to improving rather than improved. But book says second one is correct... Please help me out??
Top answer
Hi, Your version is better than the book's. Clive
- Hi, Your version is better than the book's.
- Clive
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CliveHi,Your version is better than the book's.Clive
tks for that .. but I am still confu
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Hi,
tks for that .. but I am still confused.
First sentence
preventing illness
> adj
improving performance
> adj
so first one looks alright
These are not adjectives. The words are used as gerunds.
Second sentence
preventing illness ==> adj
tks for that .. but I am still confused.
First sentence
preventing illness
> adj
improving performance
> adj
so first one looks alright
These are not adjectives. The words are used as gerunds.
Second sentence
preventing illness ==> adj
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CliveHi,tks for that .. but I am still confused.First sentencepreventing illness > adj > adj . The words are used as gerunds.Second sentencepreventing illnessClive....Every time I l> adj . It is a gerund.improved performance
> adj .. So why do you think first one is better than second?The two gerunds make a more 'parallel' sentence.Clive
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Hi,
Clive..Every time I look into above sentence ,it gets over my head..ETS says sentence below is correct I didn't tell you it was incorrect. I said that your more parallel version was better.
Each year companies in United States could save as much as $58 billion by preventing illness among employees
Clive..Every time I look into above sentence ,it gets over my head..ETS says sentence below is correct I didn't tell you it was incorrect. I said that your more parallel version was better.
Each year companies in United States could save as much as $58 billion by preventing illness among employees
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Clive... thanks for awesome insight.......
If I were to change the sentence...will all the option below be equally parallel and not change the meaning....
1. prevented employee illness ...... through worker performance improved ...
2. employee illness prevention ...... through worker performance improved...
3. in employee illness prevention ...... through improv
If I were to change the sentence...will all the option below be equally parallel and not change the meaning....
1. prevented employee illness ...... through worker performance improved ...
2. employee illness prevention ...... through worker performance improved...
3. in employee illness prevention ...... through improv
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Hi,
Each year companies in United States could save as much as $58 billion by preventing illness among employees and gain as much as $200 billion through improved performance of workers if they simply provided offices with cleaner air.
If I were to change the sentence..(which is the above, or something close) .will all
Each year companies in United States could save as much as $58 billion by preventing illness among employees and gain as much as $200 billion through improved performance of workers if they simply provided offices with cleaner air.
If I were to change the sentence..(which is the above, or something close) .will all
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