[Grammar] Usage of infinive and participle as homogeneous parts of a clause

[nik4]

Good day. I wonder if we can use an infinitive and participle as homogeneous parts of a clause together.

For instance:
1) I like to earn money and buying new things.
2) I prefer working than to rest. or I prefer working than resting?

Which usage is correct? Thank You in advance!

 

[Tdol]

I wouldn't use them.

 

[nik4]

Thanks for the reply. I understand that they sound weird, but is this usage grammatically correct?

 

[bhaisahab]

1) is not grammatical.

 

[emsr2d2]

I like earning money and buying new things.
I like to earn money and [to] buy new things.
I like earning money to buy new things.
I like to earn money to buy new things.

I prefer working to resting.
I prefer to work than to rest.

 

[Raymott]

So, is 2 grammatical? I'll stick my neck out and say no.

 

[bhaisahab]

So, is 2 grammatical? I'll stick my neck out and say no.

I agree about the first of the sentences at 2) . I think the second one is grammatical, but not very satisfactory.

 

[emsr2d2]

I find 2 ungrammatical.

 

[MikeNewYork]

In the second part of #2, "than" is a problem. Either "to" or "over" would be OK.

 

[Tdol]

I understand that they sound weird, but is this usage grammatically correct?

They're certainly breaching normal patterns, where we would use similar forms in parallel. Whether you define that as a full grammatical error or not is possibly a matter of opinion. This sort of thing is common in speech, so I wouldn't really regard it as an error there- just one of those things that people sometimes do when talking. I would regard them both as wrong in writing, where we're supposed to pay more attention to organising.