Thursday, August 11, 2016

Female dog owners and their pet

FOUND ONLINE: For example, in a survey by the American Animal Hospital Association, 40 percent of married female dog owners reported they received more emotional support from their pet than from their husband or their kids.

Since this is talking about female dog owners plural, then it ought to say husbands and pets (just as it says kids). It's called parallel construction.

FROM ANOTHER ARTICLE: That made him one of the youngest secretaries in American history and placing him in charge of the largest department in the executive branch.

This is another matter of parallel construction. That made him and placed him...

That made him one of the youngest secretaries in American history and placed him in charge of the largest department in the executive branch.

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