Grammar Questions

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<p>Grammar questions:</p>

<p>1) The campus newspaper does not print as much world news as does my hometown newspaper.</p>

<p>VS The campus newspaper does not print as much world news as my hometown newspaper.</p>

<p>Why is there a need for 'does'?</p>

<p>2) Journalists should present a balanced view of the news but should also stir discussion and unsettle complacent thinkers.</p>

<p>VS Journalists should present a balanced view of the news but also stir discussion and unsettle complacent thinkers.</p>

<p>The parallelism in this case should be "present" with "stir" or "should present" with "should stir". Why?</p>

<p>3) He like to be able to cycle and run. VS He likes to be able to cycle and to run.</p>

<p>The parallelism in this case should be "cycle" with "run" or "to cycle" with "to run". Why?</p>

<p>Quite confused by parallelism. Thank you :)</p>

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<li>If you don’t put ‘does,’ then you are comparing the number of print that the campus newspaper prints to hometown newspaper.</li>
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<p>For 2 and 3, I am not so sure, but for 2, I think you don’t need to put should for both. Let’s say, for example, I should sell my books and buy text books. You don’t have to say I should sell my books and should buy text books. Same for 3, To cycle and run seems fine.</p>

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<p>As long as the sentence makes logical sense without repetition, you don’t need to repeat yourself.</p>

<p>In example 1, you need to repeat yourself. Otherwise, the sentence changes meaning.</p>