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Hi~ What's the structure of the part underlined grammatically?
Shouldn't a comma OR conjuction "and" be between "meals" and "to solving"?
On top of all this, schools continued to be expected to perform various practical and social functions
ranging from driver education to providing nutritional meals to solving various social problems from violence to teen pregnancy.
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Yes, 'and' would improve the sentence. I would also put a comma before the 'and'. However, ranging from .
- Yes, 'and' would improve the sentence.
- I would also put a comma before the 'and'.
- However, ranging from .
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Yes, 'and' would improve the sentence. I would also put a comma before the 'and'.
However, ranging from . . . to . . . usually involves only two things, not three or more. I'd prefer to reword the sentence.
eg On top of all this, schools continued to be expected to perform various practical and social functions, such as supplying driver education, providing nutritional
0On top of all this, schools continued to be expected to perform various practical and social functions ranging from driver education to providing nutritional meals to solving various social problems from violence to teen pregnancy.
This is an extract from a published work, so we have to assume it was proof-read by the publisher's editor and passed as correct. I'm not convin
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