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Teacher3 Posted 8 years ago
Grammar

Grammar Q: "Make a plan and every effort..."

Hi everyone,


I have a grammar question! The original/correct sentence is "Make a plan and make every effort..."


A student wrote "Make a plan and every effort." Is this grammatically incorrect? If so, why?


Thank you!

  

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g. s omething like "make a hat and a pair of gloves" is fine. However, in your example the "make" from "make a plan" does not transfer very comfortably to "every effort".

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The omission of the second "make" is in principle grammatically allowed; e.g. something like "make a hat and a pair of gloves" is fine. However, in your example the "make" from "make a plan" does not transfer very comfortably to "every effort". Unlike the hat and gloves example, the two uses of "make" do not seem