repetition of 'TO' + infinitive after 'to be' necessary or not

[quipeche]

Hello everybody,

My instinct tells me that sentence 2 is the better one (correct one):

1- Our aim this year is to encourage the process of growth and to ensure a suitable level of returns.

2- Our aim this year is to encourage the process of growth and ensure a suitable level of returns.


I'm I correct?

If so, is the 1st sentence incorrect, or just not as natural as the 2nd one?

Thank you

 

[Tarheel]

I don't know why you think sentence one is incorrect. It is certainly my preference. I know just how I would say it. Also, when I read sentence two I want to put the "to" back in.

 

[emsr2d2]

They're both fine and clear to me.

 

[PaulMatthews]

[1] "Our aim this year is [to encourage the process of growth] and [to ensure a suitable level of returns]".

[2] "Our aim this year is to [encourage the process of growth] and [ensure a suitable level of returns]".

They are both fine and there is really nothing to choose between the two.

The difference is a matter of syntax: your example [1] is a coordination of two verb phrases including their respective subordinators, whereas your second is a coordination of just the heads of the two verb phrases.