daagh wrote:
If the subject of the second arm is the same as the subject of the first in a pair of sentences joined by a fanboy conjunction, then we can elide the subject of the second arm; This writing will be considered parallel.
What do you mean "the second arm"? There are 3 verbs in this sentence.
Do ", but" and ", and" have to connect independent clauses? It makes sense to omit the subject of began after ", but" to make it parallel with ", and merged".
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