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29 Mar 2012, 11:05
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Example from Manhattan:
Unparallel usage: He received a medal for sinking an enemy ship and the capture of its crew
Correct: He received a medal for the sinking of an enemy ship and the capture of its crew
Reason:
the sinking of an enemy ship is a complex gerund phrase
the capture of its crew is a noun phrase
The original sentence was incorrect because it attempted to put a simple gerund phrase (sinking an enemy ship) in parallel with an action noun phrase
My query:
Would the following be correct?
He received a medal for sinking an enemy ship and the capturing its crew [here both are simple gerund phrases]
Unparallel usage: He received a medal for sinking an enemy ship and the capture of its crew
Correct: He received a medal for the sinking of an enemy ship and the capture of its crew
Reason:
the sinking of an enemy ship is a complex gerund phrase
the capture of its crew is a noun phrase
The original sentence was incorrect because it attempted to put a simple gerund phrase (sinking an enemy ship) in parallel with an action noun phrase
My query:
Would the following be correct?
He received a medal for sinking an enemy ship and the capturing its crew [here both are simple gerund phrases]
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29 Mar 2012, 14:12
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So let's take a look at your sentence:
He received a medal for sinking an enemy ship and the capturing its crew
This sentence is not grammatically correct. Notice that the two underlined sections begin with different words. The insertion of 'the' at the beginning destroys the parallelism. By simply getting rid of 'the', you will get two parallel simple gerund phrases:
sinking an enemy ship = capturing of its crew.
That does not mean that you cannot start a phrase with 'the.' However, if you start one phrase with 'the' then you have to start the other one with 'the' as in:
He received a medal for the sinking of an enemy ship and the capturing of its crew.
Hope that helps
.
He received a medal for sinking an enemy ship and the capturing its crew
This sentence is not grammatically correct. Notice that the two underlined sections begin with different words. The insertion of 'the' at the beginning destroys the parallelism. By simply getting rid of 'the', you will get two parallel simple gerund phrases:
sinking an enemy ship = capturing of its crew.
That does not mean that you cannot start a phrase with 'the.' However, if you start one phrase with 'the' then you have to start the other one with 'the' as in:
He received a medal for the sinking of an enemy ship and the capturing of its crew.
Hope that helps
.
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