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going (or go?) on par with that
Is the sentence in blue correct grammatically? Do you think that it should be "go on par with that"? Because we should use "do" after "make", am I correct?
This is from an American TV program,
Karl: Oh. So you were jealous?
Susan: No! No! It's just... we were married. And...and she's trying to make this tawdry little affair you guys have going on par with that. It's just... I got mad.
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Re: going (or go?) on par with that

Originally Posted by
Grayarea
Is the sentence in blue correct grammatically? Do you think that it should be "go on par with that"? Because we should use "do" after "make", am I correct?
This is from an American TV program,
Karl: Oh. So you were jealous?
Susan: No! No! It's just... we were married. And...and she's trying to make this tawdry little affair you guys have going on par with that. It's just... I got mad.
That's quite acceptable.
Q: What do they have?
A: An affair.
Q: What kind of affair?
A: A tawdry little affair going on par with something else.
They have an affair that is going on par with something else.
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Re: going (or go?) on par with that

Originally Posted by
Grayarea
Is the sentence in blue correct grammatically? Do you think that it should be "go on par with that"? Because we should use "do" after "make", am I correct?
This is from an American TV program,
Karl: Oh. So you were jealous?
Susan: No! No! It's just... we were married. And...and she's trying to make this tawdry little affair you guys have going on par with that. It's just... I got mad.
No, 'going' belongs to 'affair'. "They have an affair going [on] which she is trying to put (or 'make') on par with a real marriage."
The 'on' could belong to either "going on" or "on a par".
What's going on here?
We're having an affair.
They are having an affair going on, or they have an affair going.
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Re: going (or go?) on par with that

Originally Posted by
Raymott
The 'on' could belong to either "going on" or "on a par".
Raymott,
doesn't on here belong to on a par only?
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Re: going (or go?) on par with that

Originally Posted by
Bennevis
Raymott,
doesn't on here belong to on a par only?
I don't read it that way. The affair is going on. She is trying to make it par with "that."
It's not particularly well written.
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Re: going (or go?) on par with that

Originally Posted by
Grayarea
Is the sentence in blue correct grammatically? Do you think that it should be "go on par with that"? Because we should use "do" after "make", am I correct?
This is from an American TV program,
Karl: Oh. So you were jealous?
Susan: No! No! It's just... we were married. And...and she's trying to make this tawdry little affair you guys have going on par with that. It's just... I got mad.
I agree that it's not very well written. As far as I'm concerned, there would have to be two "on"s - one for "going on" and one for "on [a] par with".
She's trying to make this tawdry little affair you guys have going on on a par with that.
By the way, are you sure that's from an American TV program? I only ask because Karl and Susan are a couple (surname Kennedy) in "Neighbours", and those two lines sound entirely as if they could be from a storyline which involved them. "Neighbours" is Australian.
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