Tuesday, June 16, 2015

coordination - Omission of auxiliary verbs in coordinated clauses


Can I write



This approach has been supported by the academic community and has been followed by some commercial approaches



or




This approach has been supported by the academic community and followed by some commercial approaches



I look for the rule for omission of some words in coordinated clauses.



Answer



Yes, you can always omit such things if clarity is not compromised.


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