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Do As Infinity Posted 21 years ago
Grammar

use of prepositions after "and"

Confucius’ teachings on goodness state that an adolescent should be polite to his parents as well as his elders.

Confucius’ teachings on goodness state that an adolescent should be polite to his parents as well as to his elders.



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So please answer this question

which of the two sentences is gramatically correct? and why?

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Hi, Confucius’ teachings on goodness state that an adolescent should be polite to his parents as well as his elders. Confucius’ teachings on goodness state that an adolescent should be polite to his parents as well as to his elders. I'd say they are both correct.

— Clive

  • Hi, Confucius’ teachings on goodness state that an adolescent should be polite to his parents as well as his elders.
  • Confucius’ teachings on goodness state that an adolescent should be polite to his parents as well as to his elders.
  • I'd say they are both correct.
  • It's just that you can omit the second 'to', if you want to.
  • My elders are any people who are older than me.
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Hi,

Confucius’ teachings on goodness state that an adolescent should be polite to his parents as well as his elders.

Confucius’ teachings on goodness state that an adolescent should be polite to his parents as well as to his elders.

I'd say they are both correct. It's just that you can omit the second 'to'
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Both are correct. Personally, I prefer to repeat the preposition. But, as Clive mentions, there's something else more troublesome about the sentence, because "parents" are a subset of "elders". "as well as" does not normally connect two items related in this way. You might add "other" to correct this.

?We visited many museums as well as buildings.
We visited many museums
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