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I was revising my notes today. Came across a handy tip. So, thought to share it: Never mix verb forms.
Be careful with below constructions.
X is Y
X seems Y
X has remained Y
such constructions are a form of comparison and X and Y in these constructions should strictly follow rules of parallelism i.e. X and Y should be grammatically as well as structurally parallel.
consider the following examples:
To welcome each day wholeheartedly is embracing life fully incorrect - infinitive + gerund
welcoming each day wholeheartedly is to embrace life fully incorrect - infinitive + gerund
To welcome each day wholeheartedly is to embrace life fully correct - infinitive + infinitive
Be careful with below constructions.
X is Y
X seems Y
X has remained Y
such constructions are a form of comparison and X and Y in these constructions should strictly follow rules of parallelism i.e. X and Y should be grammatically as well as structurally parallel.
consider the following examples:
To welcome each day wholeheartedly is embracing life fully incorrect - infinitive + gerund
welcoming each day wholeheartedly is to embrace life fully incorrect - infinitive + gerund
To welcome each day wholeheartedly is to embrace life fully correct - infinitive + infinitive
My 2 cents as well..
"According to the teachings of the Buddhist and Hindu religions, attaining nirvana is to enter a state of supreme liberation"
"attaining nirvana" is not parallel to "to enter". This could be corrected in 2 ways.
1) According to the teachings of the Buddhist and Hindu religions, to attain nirvana is to enter a state of supreme liberation. OR
2) According to the teachings of the Buddhist and Hindu religions, attaining nirvana is entering a state of supreme liberation
"According to the teachings of the Buddhist and Hindu religions, attaining nirvana is to enter a state of supreme liberation"
"attaining nirvana" is not parallel to "to enter". This could be corrected in 2 ways.
1) According to the teachings of the Buddhist and Hindu religions, to attain nirvana is to enter a state of supreme liberation. OR
2) According to the teachings of the Buddhist and Hindu religions, attaining nirvana is entering a state of supreme liberation
my 2 cents:
so adjective to
enough to
I ate so much to win the contest. --- so much takes an action to its extreme level.
I ate enough to win the contest. --- enough takes an action to a sufficient level to achieve some result.
If underlined part says so + adj + to, then meaning wise you can not replace it with enough to.
actually these two idioms are not interchangeable as an interchange can change the original meaning of the sentence.
so adjective to
enough to
I ate so much to win the contest. --- so much takes an action to its extreme level.
I ate enough to win the contest. --- enough takes an action to a sufficient level to achieve some result.
If underlined part says so + adj + to, then meaning wise you can not replace it with enough to.
actually these two idioms are not interchangeable as an interchange can change the original meaning of the sentence.
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