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Is this a Parallelism? #1 (permalink) Thu May 25, 2006 18:38 pm   Is this a Parallelism?
 

Hello everyone...
I just wonder if this sentence is right: "I like a girl who likes to travel and do funny things everywhere". To me it sounds a little bit strange, 'cause to say "who likes to travel and do funny things" would demand and a "to" to complete parallelism, I think. For me that sentence would go like this: "I like a girl who likes to travel and to do funny things everywhere". As you see, I'm hesitating about this issue cause maybe you can say it when talking. Anyway, I hope a soon answer from you guys... thanks in advance.
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Parallelism #2 (permalink) Fri May 26, 2006 0:28 am   Parallelism
 

In English you don't need that second to. The first one covers both verbs. I know that in some languages, like French and Italian, you probably have to put ? before each verb, but it's not necessary in English.
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