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Conjugated verbs vs. infinitive verbs in parallelism

by yo4561 Sat Jan 30, 2021 4:51 pm

To confirm, conjugated verbs cannot be parallel to infinitive verbs?

For example, you can't say "She likes to run and will breakdance in the future?
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Re: Conjugated verbs vs. infinitive verbs in parallelism

by esledge Sat Apr 03, 2021 10:52 pm

First, please accept our apologies for the late response. A tech glitch hid this folder from all logged-in Manhattan Prep staff for the first quarter of the year, and I’m still digging through the backlog.
yo4561 Wrote:To confirm, conjugated verbs cannot be parallel to infinitive verbs?
Correct.
yo4561 Wrote:For example, you can't say "She likes to run and will breakdance in the future?
This example is actually correct, because "likes (to run)" and "will breakdance" are the parallel conjugated verbs. It's ok that the conjugated "likes" is followed by an infinitive and the conjugated "will breakdance" is modified by a prepositional phrase; those parts don't have to be parallel.

Correct: She likes to run and will breakdance in the future.
Correct: She likes skiing and will learn to snowboard on the next trip.
Correct: She likes to paint and to sculpt.
Wrong: She likes skiing and to skateboard.
("to skateboard" is parallel with neither "likes" nor "skiing.")
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