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Hi All,
The below sentence has 2 errors, can you pls let us know how many way it can be corrected and provide those sentences? Also provide explanations.
I intend not only to win but also break the world record; my opponent is neither a threat to me nor, quite frankly, intimidating to
anyone.
The below sentence has 2 errors, can you pls let us know how many way it can be corrected and provide those sentences? Also provide explanations.
I intend not only to win but also break the world record; my opponent is neither a threat to me nor, quite frankly, intimidating to
anyone.
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04 Nov 2010, 06:54
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The correct version will be:
intend not only to win but also to break the world record; quite frankly, my opponent is neither a threat to me nor an intimidation to
anyone.
This is purely a test of parallelism in the use of co-relative conjunctions.
1 an infinitive verb - [highlight]to win[/highlight] - after not only, should be verbatim paralleled by another infinitive [highlight]to break[/highlight] and not just break.
Similarly, the use of a noun - [highlight]a threat[/highlight] - after neither demands another noun after nor. Use of [highlight]quite frankly[/highlight] after nor is a wrong word order breaking the parallelism. Again i[highlight]ntimidating to anyone[/highlight] is not as elegant as [highlight]intimidation to[/highlight] any one.
A gerund is preferred only when you have no other appropriate forms of noun.
For example, the gerund singing has no appropriate alternate noun forms. Listening and hearing are similar such words, where we have no recourse to other regular nouns. But it is not proper to use constructing in the place of construction or educating in the place of education.
intend not only to win but also to break the world record; quite frankly, my opponent is neither a threat to me nor an intimidation to
anyone.
This is purely a test of parallelism in the use of co-relative conjunctions.
1 an infinitive verb - [highlight]to win[/highlight] - after not only, should be verbatim paralleled by another infinitive [highlight]to break[/highlight] and not just break.
Similarly, the use of a noun - [highlight]a threat[/highlight] - after neither demands another noun after nor. Use of [highlight]quite frankly[/highlight] after nor is a wrong word order breaking the parallelism. Again i[highlight]ntimidating to anyone[/highlight] is not as elegant as [highlight]intimidation to[/highlight] any one.
A gerund is preferred only when you have no other appropriate forms of noun.
For example, the gerund singing has no appropriate alternate noun forms. Listening and hearing are similar such words, where we have no recourse to other regular nouns. But it is not proper to use constructing in the place of construction or educating in the place of education.
04 Nov 2010, 08:00
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1.) idiom er - not only x.... but also y = Not only to win ... but also to break = maintain IIism across the idiom.
2.) idiom er - neither x....nor y = quite frankly, neither a threat .....nor a intimidate to me
2.) idiom er - neither x....nor y = quite frankly, neither a threat .....nor a intimidate to me
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