Questions tagged [conjunction-reduction]
Questions about reducing conjunctions. (Reducing conjunctions involves the combination of overlapping coordinating clauses. For example, 'I want to see you and I want to see your friend' would become 'I want to see you and your friend.')
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What happens when a sentence and an aside require different sentence structures?
How do you handle when an aside -- a parenthetical or a dashed aside -- doesn't fit with what follows, but since the aside is the "closest" thing, the original thing doesn't fit either.
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If either the [noun 1] or the [noun 2] [duplicate]
I'm not sure which of the following is correct:
If either the orange or the apple falls from the tree...
If either the orange or apple falls from the tree...
I don't know if I need one definite ...
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Run-on sentence?
I'm writing an academic paper with my collaborators, and we came across a sentence with this structure:
Our work relates objects A and B, and offers a new perspective to
think about concept C.
Is ...
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John goes to the cinema with Kate and (with) Ann
What's the difference between general public's interpretations of these:
John goes to the cinema with Kate and Ann.
John goes to the cinema with Kate and with Ann.
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Can the second auxiliary be omitted in sentences like "...but she may (have)"?
a. I don’t think she has seen it, but she may (have).
b. This one needs to be repaired; the other already has (been).
Can you omit the second auxiliary? If so, is it more natural to omit it?
These ...
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Possibility of omitting preposition phrase
I wonder if I can omit the parenthesized part here?
Extraordinary success is achieved by working on commissions one after the other rather than (by doing all of them) simultaneously.
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The toy was the best and built last year. Is a second "was" necessary to create "was built"?
Which of the below sentences is grammatically correct?
(A) The toy was the best and built last year.
(B) The toy was the best and was built last year.
I believe that sentence (B) is correct, but is ...
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business and team trial users
I'm talking about business development of a software.
The software can be used by one individual. But it is better, in terms of business model, to have teams or companies who can install the software ...
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Difficulty in distinguishing whether a singular or plural verb agrees with a subject; one which includes "both" followed by a prepositional phrase
I have written the following sentence:
While I think the Austrian School's fixation both on natural prices and the rate of interest were akin to jousting at windmills...
First, am I correct in ...
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When do we need to use "to" here?
I would like to know when we use "to" before the second verb (in this case communicate) in the following sentence.
Sir Percy Grigg, a high Treasury official who knew both well, described ...
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How to explain why "have" is not repeated in "you not only have X, but Y"?
"With the new Smartplan Diary, you not only have the usual great scheduling tools you expect from our apps, but also detailed weather reports about the places you are going to visit"
My ...
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Shall I use “the” before “sound” and also “smell” ( the sound and the smell or the sound and smell ? ) [duplicate]
I adore the sound and [the] smell of the rain falling at a late quiet night.
When should I keep the second “the” in the sentence?
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Single-word contractions
How could I describe the following two categories of single-word contractions in the least words possible?
A) those that cannot be pronounced the way they are written, and therefore are used only in ...
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Using 'said' as part of a compound verb [closed]
I am working on proofreading a first-time novel. The author repeteadly uses 'said' as part of a kind of compound verb (dropping the subject after 'and'):
"I don't understand," he said, and ...
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Can the second "by" be omitted from the expression "not by (sth), but by (sth else)"?
Is it correct to omit the second "by" from the following sentences?
This is not caused by evil, but by simple ignorance.
..., know that a person is not justified by the works of the ...
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