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Please look at this sentence:
It is understandable that parents are angry, and looking for someone to blame
I think looking is wrong and due to parallelism it should be look.
parents are angry and parents look for someone...
Am I right?
It is understandable that parents are angry, and looking for someone to blame
I think looking is wrong and due to parallelism it should be look.
parents are angry and parents look for someone...
Am I right?
19 Dec 2012, 14:43
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Hi there,
It is understandable that parents are angry, and looking for someone to blame.
This sentence is correct as it is. Parents are angry at the present moment and at this very moment they “are looking” somebody to blame. The parallelism is also maintained here. Since “are” is a common element before “angry” and “looking”, it has been kept understood before “looking”.
Simple present tense is used to present general fact and universal truths. If we say that parents look for someone to blame, this will mean we are talking about a general fact about the parents. They always look for someone to blame. This is certainly not the intended meaning in the original. The original meaning is about right now, at this moment, and hence, “looking for…” is correct here.
Hope this helps.
Thanks.
Shraddha
It is understandable that parents are angry, and looking for someone to blame.
This sentence is correct as it is. Parents are angry at the present moment and at this very moment they “are looking” somebody to blame. The parallelism is also maintained here. Since “are” is a common element before “angry” and “looking”, it has been kept understood before “looking”.
Simple present tense is used to present general fact and universal truths. If we say that parents look for someone to blame, this will mean we are talking about a general fact about the parents. They always look for someone to blame. This is certainly not the intended meaning in the original. The original meaning is about right now, at this moment, and hence, “looking for…” is correct here.
Hope this helps.
Thanks.
Shraddha
19 Dec 2012, 14:52
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Thanks.
From the meaning point you are right. I think then we may need "are" before "looking"because in the first sentence "are" is main verb and in the second one is modal verb. They do not have same role in sentences.
From the meaning point you are right. I think then we may need "are" before "looking"because in the first sentence "are" is main verb and in the second one is modal verb. They do not have same role in sentences.
