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Parallelism questions [#permalink] New post   05 Jul 2015, 18:19
I have some confusion about this sentence:

1. The teacher suggested that the students come to class on time and complete their homework assignments regularly.

2. The teacher suggested that the students come to class on time and that they complete their homework assignments regularly.

Sentence number 2 is correct with no doubt. However, is sentence number 1 correct? Can anyone explain?

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Re: Parallelism questions [#permalink] New post   06 Jul 2015, 10:23
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hellscream wrote:
I have some confusion about this sentence:

1. The teacher suggested that the students come to class on time and complete their homework assignments regularly.

2. The teacher suggested that the students come to class on time and that they complete their homework assignments regularly.

Sentence number 2 is correct with no doubt. However, is sentence number 1 correct? Can anyone explain?

Thank you

Dear hellscream,
I'm happy to respond.

Both versions are 100% correct. If anything, #2 is a little wordier, and #1 is a little more concise. In any clause, having two verbs in parallel is always fine. The parallel verbs don't even have to have the same tense.

What you are asking gets into the very tricky issue of dropping common words in parallel. This blog discusses that very issue:
https://magoosh.com/gmat/2013/dropping-c ... -the-gmat/

Does all this make sense?
Mike :-)
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Re: Parallelism questions [#permalink] New post   06 Jul 2015, 10:51
Your link is fantastic .Thank you a lot Mike, I get it now.
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Re: Parallelism questions [#permalink] New post   14 Jul 2015, 05:04
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hellscream wrote:
I have some confusion about this sentence:

1. The teacher suggested that the students come to class on time and complete their homework assignments regularly.

2. The teacher suggested that the students come to class on time and that they complete their homework assignments regularly.

Sentence number 2 is correct with no doubt. However, is sentence number 1 correct? Can anyone explain?


I had posted on this topic some time back. You might want to refer to my post here: https://gmatclub.com/forum/gmatprep-challengeq-the-bones-of-majungatholus-atopus-176167.html#p1394601
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