64801965 Posted 15 years ago
Grammar
Why not be parallel?
The government is to ban payments to witnesses by newspapers.
To witnesses and by newspapers all modify ban. Why aren't they parallel using and between them?
To witnesses and by newspapers all modify ban. Why aren't they parallel using and between them?
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64801965 1) The government (is to)(will) ban payments to witnesses by newspapers. To witnesses and by newspapers both modify ban. No, "ban" is the verb.
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648019651) The government (is to)(will) ban payments to witnesses by newspapers.
To witnesses and by newspapers both modify ban. No, "ban" is the verb. The underlined phrases refer to "payments".
Why aren't they parallel, using 'and' between them? Because the payments are only to witnesses, not
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