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Reviving another lost thread.
The lesson for the day is parallel sentence construction. I see this all the time, and it's mildly annoying but mainly distracting. You don't want your syntax to be distracting! This is a bad thing.
I don't know how to explain it using all the correct terminology, so I will provide a common example.
A is as good -- if not better -- than B. (WRONG)
A is as good as -- if not better than -- B. (Right)
Can you see why?
A is as good than B? No. A is as good as B, if not better than B.
The lesson for the day is parallel sentence construction. I see this all the time, and it's mildly annoying but mainly distracting. You don't want your syntax to be distracting! This is a bad thing.
I don't know how to explain it using all the correct terminology, so I will provide a common example.
A is as good -- if not better -- than B. (WRONG)
A is as good as -- if not better than -- B. (Right)
Can you see why?
A is as good than B? No. A is as good as B, if not better than B.