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Deepcosmos Posted 4 years ago
Grammar

‘to change ..., to persuade ...’

Hello, everyone,

“Well, I am about to change your perception of the importance of me time, to persuade you that you should view it as vital for your health and well-being.“

While there is a parallel structure with two infinitival phrases in the sentence above, should’t we put the coordinating conjunction – ‘and’ between them after the comma? Isn’t it obligatory to put an ‘and’?

Otherwise, can I be understood that in such a case above where two infinitival phrases are very long, the use of a ‘comma' is a more effective way than an 'and' to separate this two phrases clearly enough?

I would appreciate your opinions.

* source; ‘Switch Off: How to Find Calm in a Noisy World’

https://books.google.co.kr/books?id=662dDQAAQBAJ&pg=PA160&lpg=PA160&dq=%E2%80%9CWell,+I+am+about+to+change+your+perception+of+the+importance+of+me+time,+to+persuade%22&source=bl&ots=BTmw62oTwZ&sig=ACfU3U2WsUXM2c2tJkkefbXy4h7i_tamuw&hl=ko&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjUuMu8r8T7AhWsgVYBHYOWA2E4ChDoAXoECAcQAw#v=onepage&q=%E2%80%9CWell%2C%20I%20am%20about%20to%20change%20your%20perception%20of%20the%20importance%20of%20me%20time%2C%20to%20persuade%22&f=false

  

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deepcosmos Otherwise, can I be understood that in such a case above where two infinitival phrases are very long, the use of a ‘comma' is a more effective way than an 'and' to separate this two phrases clearly enough? That is not what you're seeing. The second clause is a repetition and amplification of the idea in the first.

— Anonymous

  • deepcosmos Otherwise, can I be understood that in such a case above where two infinitival phrases are very long, the use of a ‘comma' is a more effective way than an 'and' to separate this two phrases clearly enough?
  • That is not what you're seeing.
  • The second clause is a repetition and amplification of the idea in the first.
  • No conjunction is ever used there.
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deepcosmosOtherwise, can I be understood that in such a case above where two infinitival phrases are very long, the use of a ‘comma' is a more effective way than an 'and' to separate this two phrases clearly enough?

That is not what you're seeing. The second clause is a repetition and amplification of the idea in the first. No conjunction is ever used there

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deepcosmosWhile there is a parallel structure with two infinitival phrases in the sentence above, shouldn’t we put the coordinating conjunction – ‘and’ between them after the comma? Isn’t it obligatory to put an ‘and’?

No, because it's not 'change' AND 'persuade', that is, it's not two different things.

It's

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