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.')
Questions tagged [conjunction-reduction]
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Can I omit the noun and verb in the following sentence?
That the left brain is analytical and the right creative is false.
In order to avoid repetition, I omitted "brain is" after "right." Is it incorrect to do so?
Guest873
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"I'm a student and I work at Burger King" or "I'm a student and work at Burger King"?
Is is necessary to use the Subject Pronoun in the sentence below?
I'm a student and I work at Burger King.
or
I'm a student and work at Burger King.
Which one is correct according to the English grammar and what does it demand in cases like…
Loureiro Gui
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How this present participle is formed
Can someone explain how the 'joining' part in this sentence is formed? and what can be the original sentence before reduction?
Joining us here in the studio to start things off we have expert Sonia Tarrington, from the University of California's…
Shahroq
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Grammar question, which statement would be correct?
Good morning, I am writing an essay on file compression and I have written this sentence and I am not sure whether the first or second version would be correct.
The statement is:
"Lossless compression is essential as files which require all data…
Samuelf80
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"my happiness and sadness" vs. "my happiness and my sadness"
I forgo my happiness and sadness all the time.
I forgo my happiness and my sadness all the time.
How are the two sentences different? And what do they connote?
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Past Perfect Continuous: should I use 'had' twice?
Should I use 'had' twice in a Past Perfect Continuous sentence?
Which of two sentences is correct?
...you know nothing about it until you had been smacked on the back or yelled at.
...you know nothing about it until you had been smacked on the…
Nikolai
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How to describe more future promises in a sentence
If I want to say a sentence like this:
I will go there and I will lock the door and I will tell them the
information.
I suppose that this is not a correct way. Should I use only the first will and the form the sentence like this?
I will go…
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Of "was X and Y" and "was X and was Y," which is correct?
I sometimes confuse when to use "to be" when there are verbs associated with one noun. What is a difference between these two sentences given below:
A promotional plan was launched and completed.
A promotional plan was launched and was…
Black Death
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Can the second 'I' be omitted in 'I am ... and I am ...'
For example, if I want to say
I am grateful to have been offered a place on the program and I am very happy to accept the offer.
Is it better or not to omit the second 'I'?
I am grateful to have been offered a place on the program and am very…
PTOTO P
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Repeated elements following an “and”: Use ’em or Lose ’em?
Here is a sentence:
You have to be nice to alleviate the social anxiety and start a healthy relationship.
Should it be like that or like this:
You have to be nice to alleviate the social anxiety and to start a healthy relationship."
The first…
theone
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