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<p>[If we have] knowledge of the future, our lives would be more predictable but less interesting</p>

<p>[Were we to have] knowledge of the future, our lives would be more predictable but less interesting</p>

<h2>The second version is correct, the first incorrect. Why is this? What's the "formula"?</h2>

<p>During the first year of college, many students, enjoying the intellectual freedom of their new environment, [ become interested in, even passionate about,] issues they previously considered unimportant</p>

<p>During the first year of college, many students, enjoying the intellectual freedom of their new environment, [become interested and even passionate about] issues they previously considered unimportant</p>

<p>Why is the first correct and the second incorrect? Is it because the second doesn't have "interested IN"? Still, why is the first better? sounds weird to me. </p>

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<p>First example: This is a use of the “subjunctive contrary to fact.” We don’t have knowledge of the future. So, it would be correct to write “If we had knowledge of the future” or “Were we to have knowledge of the future,” but you can’t use the indicative, as in the clause “If we have knowledge of the future.”</p>

<p>Second example: If you leave out the “in,” then parallelism converts the second version to say “interested . . . about,” which is a mis-match of “interested” with a preposition. When the two words take different prepositions, the prepositions are normally listed individually. If you read more of The New York Times and The Economist, you will encounter this two-preposition usage and it will gradually seem less weird.</p>

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<p>Can you example me? Thanks for your explanations.</p>

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<p>Example: The artist’s best-known masterpiece, “CrazyPluto on Pluto,” was painted for and donated to the Museum of the City of Neptunia.</p>

<p>It’s not a super-common usage. I purchased a New York Times today & will see if I spot any examples in it–maybe, and maybe not. However, there are patterns that you can recognize:</p>

<p>. . . adjective 1 and adjective 2 preposition 1 (not good, if preposition 1 does not go with both adjective 1 and adjective 2)
. . . adjective 1 preposition 1 and adjective 2 preposition 2 . . . (good, if prepositions 1&2 are different)
. . . verb 1 and verb 2 preposition 1 (not good, if verbs 1&2 need different prepositions)
. . . verb 1 preposition 1 and verb 2 preposition 2 (good, if prepositions 1&2 are different)</p>

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<p>Ah so the reason the 2nd example was wrong is because it needs “interesed IN and even passionate about” ? Thanks</p>