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Mr. Tom Posted 10 years ago
Vocabulary

The car is beautifully engineered and...

Hi

Which one would you say is more natural?

The car is beautifully engineered and a pleasure to drive.
The car is beautifully engineered and is a pleasure to drive.

Thanks,

Tom
  

Top answer

The second one is better. The first one uses a coordinating conjunction, which means that it should be connecting items that are grammatically the same. ") has a passive voice verb that consists of is and the past participle engineered.

— Englishmaven

  • The second one is better.
  • The first one uses a coordinating conjunction, which means that it should be connecting items that are grammatically the same.
  • ") has a passive voice verb that consists of is and the past participle engineered.
  • The second part is a noun (a pleasure).
  • " The second sentence creates a compound verb ( is engineered and is) , which is something a coordinating conjunction does.
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The second one is better. The first one uses a coordinating conjunction, which means that it should be connecting items that are grammatically the same. The first part ("The car is beautifully engineered...") has a passive voice verb that consists of is and the past participle engineered. The second part is a noun (a pleasure). The is not the correct use of "and."

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