"To me, the only way to make it easier to parse is to add ..."

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anhnha said:

I met her on board a boat.
I can't analyse the sentence. To me, the only way to make it easier to parse is to add the preposition "of", on board of a boat, but as emsr2d2 said it is incorrect.:-(

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Can the second to in "... it easier to parse is to add ..." be dropped with no changing in the meaning, please?

It should be left in.

I don't understand. There is no "to" in the sentence. There is also nothing there to be parallel with.

I would not use "of" there. "On board" is an idiom and it acts as a preposition there.

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I don't understand.

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Neither do I.

This part confused me to be parallel with. Why did you not conjugate parallel, please?

That is also confusing. What do you mean by "conjugate"?

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I mean inflect. Why did you not write to be paralleled with instead, please?

Ah! I used "parallel" as an adjective. No inflection.

MikeNewYork said:

I don't understand. There is no "to" in the sentence.

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Hello, Mike.
OD is referring to the 'the only way to make it easier to parse is to add the preposition' part in blue. I can see three 'to's there.

Different sentence.