To speak habitually of the "truly needed" is gradually instilling the notion that many of those who are just called "needy" actually have adequate resources; such a conclusion is unwarranted.
a) Original sentence
b) To speak habitually of the "truly needed" is instilling the notion gradually
c) To speak habitually of the "truly needed" is gradually to instill the notion
d) Speaking habitually of the "truly needed" is to instill the gradual notion
e) Speaking habitually of the "truly needed" is instilling the gradual notion
In my opinion the answer should be d),but the correct answer is c)
Does anyone has any explanations??
Split infinitive
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To speak habitually of the "truly needed" is gradually instilling the notion that many of those who are just called "needy" actually have adequate resources; such a conclusion is unwarranted.
a) Original sentence
b) To speak habitually of the "truly needed" is instilling the notion gradually
c) To speak habitually of the "truly needed" is gradually to instill the notion
d) Speaking habitually of the "truly needed" is to instill the gradual notion
e) Speaking habitually of the "truly needed" is instilling the gradual notion
See this is purely parallel structure error...
To speak/speaking should be in parallel to to instill/instilling
Eliminate all except C and E
Generally we use + ing form for something that is going on (or) if we speak on complete process.
+to form for something to start.
So here C is better than E; more over E changes the meaning.
a) Original sentence
b) To speak habitually of the "truly needed" is instilling the notion gradually
c) To speak habitually of the "truly needed" is gradually to instill the notion
d) Speaking habitually of the "truly needed" is to instill the gradual notion
e) Speaking habitually of the "truly needed" is instilling the gradual notion
See this is purely parallel structure error...
To speak/speaking should be in parallel to to instill/instilling
Eliminate all except C and E
Generally we use + ing form for something that is going on (or) if we speak on complete process.
+to form for something to start.
So here C is better than E; more over E changes the meaning.
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You can solve this question by applying the parallelism concept: Verbs like IS, ARE demands a parallelism on both sides...prinkalvaid wrote:To speak habitually of the "truly needed" is gradually instilling the notion that many of those who are just called "needy" actually have adequate resources; such a conclusion is unwarranted.
a) Original sentence
b) To speak habitually of the "truly needed" is instilling the notion gradually
c) To speak habitually of the "truly needed" is gradually to instill the notion
d) Speaking habitually of the "truly needed" is to instill the gradual notion
e) Speaking habitually of the "truly needed" is instilling the gradual notion
In my opinion the answer should be d),but the correct answer is c)
Does anyone has any explanations??
Gradually is just an adverb, so we need to make the part before IS parallel to part after gradually..
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ok what we are doing here is maintaining parallelism on both sides of "IS" A, B, D can be eliminated because they are breaking parallelism.
back to C and E.
E is incorrect because
speaking is a gerund and habitually is a adverb (incorrect modifier). i should say habitual speaking instead of speaking habitually.
C maintains that parallelism to speak ........ to instill.
back to C and E.
E is incorrect because
speaking is a gerund and habitually is a adverb (incorrect modifier). i should say habitual speaking instead of speaking habitually.
C maintains that parallelism to speak ........ to instill.
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A "split infinitive" is the insertion of one or more words between to and the plain form of the verb; it is usually the adverb inserted, as in to boldly go where no man has gone before.
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instead ofJim@Grockit wrote:A "split infinitive" is the insertion of one or more words between to and the plain form of the verb; it is usually the adverb inserted, as in to boldly go where no man has gone before.
c) To speak habitually of the "truly needed" is gradually to instill the notion
the correct answer should be
c) To speak habitually of the "truly needed" is to gradually instill the notion