Improper co-ordination. We shall have to leave town and need an automobile.
Improved. We shall have to leave town and shall need an automobile.
Revise. A quarterback must see where the hole in the line is and take advantage of it.
422. Repeat the to before each infinitive in a series.
Not co-ordinate. He came to see the house, bargain for it, and buy it if terms could be agreed upon.
Co-ordinate. He came to see the house, to bargain for it, and to buy it if terms could be agreed upon.
Revise. Not only was it necessary for us to read the book, remember what was in it, and be able to recite upon it, but also write a paper upon it, and read the paper before the class.
423. Repeat the preposition with each object.
Obscure. She went to Chicago and the capital of the state.
Better. She went to Chicago and to the capital of the state.