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In the coordinate sentences introducted by prepositions is it necessary to repete the preposition in the second sentence? "I am happy to go to the cinema and to have a pizza" or "I am happy to go to the cinema and have a pizza"?

Silvia
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  • I don't know whether it's formally correct, but the latter is certainly idiomatically reasonable. – keshlam Dec 24 '14 at 22:05
  • Note that both "I am happy to go into town and have a pizza" and "I am happy to go into town and to have a pizza" are both quite acceptable, but that the former strongly suggests that going into town is for the purpose of finding a pizza. – Edwin Ashworth Dec 24 '14 at 23:11
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    That is not a preposition. That is the infinitive particle. The second to (in "to the cinema") is a preposition. The other tos (in "to go" and "to have") are not. – RegDwigнt Dec 24 '14 at 23:17

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