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Pokh Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

Phrases..

Charlotte Perkins Gilman, a late nineteenth-century feminist, called for urban apartment houses that included child-care facilities, and for clustered suburban houses to include communal eating and social facilities.

A) that included child-care facilities, and for clustered suburban houses to include communal eating and social facilities
-->that included child-care facilities-adjectival phrase
-->to include communal eating and social facilities--adjectival phrase.

B) with child-care facilities included and for clustered suburban houses to include communal eating and social facilities
-->with child-care facilities included -->prep phrase
-->to include communal eating and social facilities-->prep phrase

C) that included child-care facilities and for clustered suburban houses with communal eating and social facilities

-->that included child-care facilities-adjectival phrase
-->with communal eating and social facilities--adjectival phrase.

D) to include child-care facilities and for clustered suburban houses with communal eating and social facilities included

-->to include child-care facilities-->prep phrase
-->with communal eating and social facilities included-->prep phrase

Grammatically, all options seems to be correct. However..ets says option C is best ?Please help me to understand the reason behind it?

Thanks
  

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Charlotte Perkins Gilman, a late nineteenth-century feminist, called for [ urban apartment houses that included child-care facilities] and for [ clustered suburban houses with communal eating and social facilities ]. C is best because it has the best parallel structure of the choices. called for [ ...

— CalifJim

  • Charlotte Perkins Gilman, a late nineteenth-century feminist, called for [ urban apartment houses that included child-care facilities] and for [ clustered suburban houses with communal eating and social facilities ].
  • C is best because it has the best parallel structure of the choices.
  • called for [ ...
  • houses ...
  • ] and (called) for [ ...
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Charlotte Perkins Gilman, a late nineteenth-century feminist,

called for [ urban apartment houses that included child-care facilities]
and for [ clustered suburban houses with communal eating and social facilities ].

C is best because it has the best parallel structure of the choices.

called for [ ... houses ... ]
and
(called) for [ ...
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CalifJimCharlotte Perkins Gilman, a late nineteenth-century feminist, called for [ urban apartment houses that included child-care facilities] and for [ clustered suburban houses with communal eating and social facilities ].C is best because it has the best parallel structure of the choices.called for [ ... houses ... ]and(called) for [ ... houses ... ]CJ
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Hmm. That's true, so we'll have to go deeper.

There's a difference between a for phrase and a for ... to ... clause.

A, B, and D all have a mix: one for phrase and one for ... to ... clause.

Only C has the same thing in both parts. Both parts are for phrases.

So A, B, and D are not as parallel as C.

CJ
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CalifJimHmm. That's true, so we'll have to go deeper.There's a difference between a for phrase and a for ... to ... clause.A, B, and D all have a mix: one for phrase and one for ... to ... clause.Only C has the same thing in both parts. Both parts are for phrases.So A, B, and D are not as parallel as C.CJ
CJ ,

Its true, however C also has on
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There is no such thing as a for ... with ... clause.

The to in a for ... to ... clause is part of an infinitive, not a preposition like with.

CJ
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CalifJimThere is no such thing as a for ... with ... clause.The to in a for ... to ... clause is part of an infinitive, not a preposition like with.CJ
CJ... Can you please elaborate more on FOR....TO clause.....In option B, D FOR...TO looks like a phrase.

Thank you
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pokh
CalifJimThere is no such thing as a for ... with ... clause.The to in a for ... to ... clause is part of an infinitive, not a preposition like with.CJ


CJ... Can you please elaborate more on FOR..TO clause..In option B, D FOR...TO looks like a phrase.

Thank you
Cj, still waiting for your reply. Can you
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to followed by a verb is not a prepositional phrase. So to include doesn't count as a phrase. It's an infinitive.

CJ
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CalifJimto followed by a verb is not a prepositional phrase. So to include doesn't count as a phrase. It's an infinitive.

CJ
Cj....I am quite finding it difficult to understand...Let me take you back to the earlier posts....

where you wrote...

1.FOR......TO CLAUSE is valid...

2.there is no such clause called FOR.....WITH
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Examples of FOR ... TO ... clauses.

These are nonfinite clauses.

The object of for is the subject of the clause.

to is part of a verb - the infinitive form.

It is important [ for her to take her medicine ].

It's time [ for her to take her medicine ].

It's no trouble at all [ for her to ta
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