for the idiom 'x rather than y', can the x and y be verb phrases?
for example:
"A recent study of adults who work at a company with at least 100 employees indicates that the majority would give up their morning coffee rather than lose the ability to surf the Internet at work. "
Can this be structurally parallel with the verb phrase "give up their morning coffee (x) rather than lose the ability to surft the internet at work (y)?
or do the the x and y have to be nouns?
for example:
"A recent study of adults who work at a company with at least 100 employees indicates that the majority would give up their morning coffee rather than lose the ability to surf the Internet at work. "
Can this be structurally parallel with the verb phrase "give up their morning coffee (x) rather than lose the ability to surft the internet at work (y)?
or do the the x and y have to be nouns?
