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'And' vs 'as well as' | confusion in "prefeciency"

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#16 (permalink) Fri Feb 13, 2009 19:19 pm "live to be 100 years old", can the word "be" be removed?

Gray wrote:

Is it okay to exclude the subject 'I' here -- 'and am still getting used to it'?

I am just curious, curious to learn.

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#17 (permalink) Sat Feb 14, 2009 6:34 am "live to be 100 years old", can the word "be" be removed?

Leaving out the subject there is okay although it is a bit colloquial.

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