Is it correct? I've seen this silly sentence:.. A: I want to do bad things B: Such as knocking at someone's door and turn away? And I asked myself If it is correct when after 'and' you have to write

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Is it correct? I've seen this silly sentence:.. A: I want to do bad things B: Such as knocking at someone's door and turn away? And I asked myself If it is correct when after 'and' you have to write the verb in base form or you need to write the verb with 'ing'. As you started the sentence 'Knock' with ing. -Such as knocking at someone's door and 'turning' away. Thanks

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Parallel structure is good to remember, but the reason for -ing is that you need a noun. "Turning" is a gerund. But I could also make a case for "knock and turn away". So go with either.

it's intresting question. i think you don't need use "ing".

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