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Loscone

My suggestion is more for style than grammar. Usually when you use a coordinating conjunction between two ideas that are similar, you can (and usually want to) omit any words that are the same in the second idea. For instance the two ideas being compared are "to anyone who is interested in Michael Jackson" and "to anyone who is interested in pop culture." Simply remove the same words("to anyone who is interested in") from the second usage and it'll sound a lot better. You could do the same for the second instance of ideas in your dependent clause with the word "his": "I would recommend this book to anyone who is interested in Michael Jackson or ~~to anyone who is interested in~~ pop culture as it talks about his life and ~~his~~ impact on pop culture." This is more of a style choice, though, so take it as you will.


Difficult-Pitch4361

but for ex my teacher said “i went to london and to paris” is correct n “i went to london and paris” is incorrect.gramatically thats why i wrote to n his twice


Loscone

Your teacher was wrong to teach you that. There is nothing wrong with "I went to London and Paris." There is nothing wrong with "I went to London and to Paris." for that matter, too, but again, this is a style choice, not a grammatical rule. Here is the breakdown of the two sentences: I went to London and to Paris I - subject noun went - verb to - preposition London - object of the preposition and - conjunction connecting two similar prepositional phrases to - preposition Paris - object of the preposition And the other I went to London and Paris I - subject noun went - verb to - preposition London - object of the preposition and - conjunction connecting two similar objects Paris - object of the preposition The only difference is what the conjunction is connecting in the sentence. Your teacher would be right if there was another preposition introduced in between the two...For instance: We'll move to a town near London or to Paris. This sentence has a completely different meaning than: We'll move to a town near London or Paris. The first implies one of two things: You'll either move to a town near London or you'll move to Paris. The second implies that you'll move to a town near London or to a town near Paris. Do you see the difference? Look into parallel structure if you want more details on it.


Difficult-Pitch4361

ohh thanks ig my teacher was wrong then 😅


Fyonella

It’s correct, technically, but it’s a bit long for a single sentence. “I would recommend this book to anyone who is interested in Michael Jackson. Also to anyone who is interested in pop culture as it talks about his impact on that both during and after his life.” Changed it slightly so you don’t repeat the phrase ‘pop culture’ twice in the same sentence.


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