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Why not be parallel?



 
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Why not be parallel? #1 (permalink) Tue Sep 27, 2011 20:51 pm   Why not be parallel?		  
The government is to ban payments to witnesses by newspapers.

To witnesses and by newspapers both modify ban. Why aren't they parallel using and between them?
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Why not be parallel? #2 (permalink) Tue Sep 27, 2011 20:54 pm   Why not be parallel?		  
You are reading the sentence incorrectly. This refers to payments given by the newspapers to the witnesses.
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