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Default Re: How to analyze this sentence?

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Originally Posted by chaiyu View Post
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Fundamentalism is not the only valid form of faith, and to say it is, is the great lie of our time.

Why does this sentence include three "is"?

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Because - in this form - it needs all three. It's not the most elegant of sentences, but it's not ungrammatical. What it's saying is:

'Fundamentalism is not the only valid form of faith. It is untrue to say - though many people do say it - that fundamentalism is the only valid form of faith.'

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