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Anonymous Posted 11 years ago
Grammar
try/trying
which of the following is correct? Please explain.
'I believe that it is more important to look at our 'internal dynamic ' than try to find conquering external connections.'
'I believe that it is more important to look at our 'internal dynamic ' than trying to find conquering external connections.'
'I believe that it is more important to look at our 'internal dynamic ' than try to find conquering external connections.'
'I believe that it is more important to look at our 'internal dynamic ' than trying to find conquering external connections.'
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The first one is correct because "look ... try" is parallel whereas "look ... trying" is not.
- The first one is correct because "look ...
- try" is parallel whereas "look ...
- trying" is not.
- "find conquering external connections" sounds odd to me, like jargon gone wrong.
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The first one is correct because "look ... try" is parallel whereas "look ... trying" is not.
"find conquering external connections" sounds odd to me, like jargon gone wrong.
"find conquering external connections" sounds odd to me, like jargon gone wrong.
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AnonymousWhich of the following is correct?... more important - - - to look - - - than - - - to try ...
To preserve parallelism you have to use the same grammatical form before and after the "than".
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Aside from that you may have some explaining to do regarding "conq
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