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Belly Posted 19 years ago
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0If you don't pay, you will be prosecuted02br
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00Rewrite, begin with: -------->Failure01i00____________________02i02br
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00I think it would be: Failure to pay will result in your prosecution02br
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00Is it right or not?0-
  

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0 01font00Hi Belly 02br
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00I believe it should be ' 01font00Failure to pay will/may result in prosecution.02font00'02br
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0 I think you can use either, but I prefer the "result in prosecution" more than the one with the "your." 0-
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0 "01i00Failure to pay will result in prosecution02i00", that is a rule rather than something that personally applies to "01i00you02i00" hence "01i00you02i00" or "01i00yours02i00" should not be used.0-
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0My friend did differently : Failure in paying will lead you to prosecution02br
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00is it right or not?02br
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00Any different between "failure in" and "failure to"?0-
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0No, that's not right.02br
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01i00Failure TO PAY (not "in paying") will lead to [your] prosecution. 02i02br
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00It won't lead to you prosecuting someone else, as "will lead you to prosecution." 02br
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00And, as has already been discussed, the "your" is optional, but without it, it's a general rule. With it, it ap
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0 I think the reason not to use 'your' has to do with parallel structure more than anything else:02br
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01del00Your02del01b00 failure to pay will result in 02b01del00your02del01b00 prosecution.02b0-
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0Thanks, but how about02br
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00Failure to pay will lead you to being prosecuted?0-
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0 01font00Hi Yankee02br
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00Sorry but I am not familiar with01font00 parallel structure02font00. Could you explain what does that mean please?02br
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00Thank you02br
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0Belly, no. Please see my prior post.02br
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00PeaceBF - I answered this question in the thread about elements in a list. Write back there if you are still confused. In this case, it means that you used "You/your" in the first part of the sentence, so you can use "you/your" in the second part. 0-
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01cite10Yankee12cite10I think the reason not to use 'your' has to do with parallel structure more than anything else:12br
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11del10Your12del11b10 failure to pay will result in 12b11del10your12del11b10 prosecution.12b12br
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