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Anonymous Posted 9 years ago
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Structural analysis

Hello! Please answer two questions of mine about

the following passage. I cannot make a precise

structural analysis, so I have found myself completely

stuck.

"Privatizing the air traffic control system would

increase the ability and incentive of the air traffic

control system to adopt such reforms and increase
overall efficiency within the air travel sector, as well

as reducing greenhouse gas emissions from air travel."

Q1) Regarding increase, does it pair with would or to?

Q2) As for "as well as reducing greenhouse ... air travel,"

can it be interpreted as "Privatizing the air traffic

control system would increase ... as well as (the

system) reduce greenhouse...."? If so, doesn't this

sentence break the principle of parallel structure?

Ray

  

Top answer

The passage seems to be poorly written, so it's hard to figure out what it means to begin with.

— Jeffnc

  • The passage seems to be poorly written, so it's hard to figure out what it means to begin with.
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The passage seems to be poorly written, so it's hard to figure out what it means to begin with.

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Privatizing the air traffic control system would increase the ability and incentive of the air traffic control system to adopt such reforms and increase overall efficiency within the air travel sector, as well as reducing greenhouse gas emissions from air travel.

The clause commencing with “increase” is complement of “would”.

I would replace "reducing" with "reduce":

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