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A general question about the order of the words 19 May 2012, 15:06
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Hi!

I have a more general question regarding the order of the words in a sentence.

How is correct to say "I have price objections ON BOTH the tables and the chairs"

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"I have price objections both on the tables and the chairs"?

Your help is much appreciated.

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A general question about the order of the words 20 May 2012, 08:14
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"I have price objections ON BOTH the tables and the chairs" - Correct


"I have price objections both on the tables and the chairs" - wrong


"I have price objections both on the tables and on the chairs" - Correct
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"I have price objections ON BOTH the tables and the chairs" - Correct


"I have price objections both on the tables and the chairs" - wrong


"I have price objections both on the tables and on the chairs" - Correct
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Is there a certain rule for that? How can I identify what is the correct expression next time?
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Yes. There is a rule to identify the correct occasions from the wrong one. Both – and belong to the correlative conjunction pairs. As per the requirements of correlative conjunction parallelism, what form is on the right -hand side of both should also stand on the right - hand side of and; you can see that the first and the third sentence abide by this rule while the middle one flouts. Therefore, the second one is wrong.

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