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However, rather than undermine its epistemic value, the intentional
character of testimony is arguably essential to this value.




Shouldn't it be "undermining" or "undermine"? As it is after "than", I believe the verb should be either an -ing form or a to-be form. Or, can it be a bare infinitive as well?






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    The "rather than" construction freely takes bare infinitival and gerund-participial clauses as complement, so both your examples are fine. The expression "rather than undermine its epistemic value" is an adjunct with the adverb "rather" as head.
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However, rather than undermine its epistemic value, the intentional
character of testimony is arguably essential to this value.




Shouldn't it be "undermining" or "undermine"? As it is after "than", I believe the verb should be either an -ing form or a to-be form. Or, can it be a bare infinitive as well?






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    The "rather than" construction freely takes bare infinitival and gerund-participial clauses as complement, so both your examples are fine. The expression "rather than undermine its epistemic value" is an adjunct with the adverb "rather" as head.
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However, rather than undermine its epistemic value, the intentional
character of testimony is arguably essential to this value.




Shouldn't it be "undermining" or "undermine"? As it is after "than", I believe the verb should be either an -ing form or a to-be form. Or, can it be a bare infinitive as well?






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However, rather than undermine its epistemic value, the intentional
character of testimony is arguably essential to this value.




Shouldn't it be "undermining" or "undermine"? As it is after "than", I believe the verb should be either an -ing form or a to-be form. Or, can it be a bare infinitive as well?






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    The "rather than" construction freely takes bare infinitival and gerund-participial clauses as complement, so both your examples are fine. The expression "rather than undermine its epistemic value" is an adjunct with the adverb "rather" as head.
    – BillJ
    2 hours ago












  • @BillJ Is to-be form acceptable as well?
    – Sasan
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    The "rather than" construction freely takes bare infinitival and gerund-participial clauses as complement, so both your examples are fine. The expression "rather than undermine its epistemic value" is an adjunct with the adverb "rather" as head.
    – BillJ
    2 hours ago












  • @BillJ Is to-be form acceptable as well?
    – Sasan
    1 hour ago








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The "rather than" construction freely takes bare infinitival and gerund-participial clauses as complement, so both your examples are fine. The expression "rather than undermine its epistemic value" is an adjunct with the adverb "rather" as head.
– BillJ
2 hours ago






The "rather than" construction freely takes bare infinitival and gerund-participial clauses as complement, so both your examples are fine. The expression "rather than undermine its epistemic value" is an adjunct with the adverb "rather" as head.
– BillJ
2 hours ago














@BillJ Is to-be form acceptable as well?
– Sasan
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@BillJ Is to-be form acceptable as well?
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It is correct using both "undermine" and "undermining" since both create valid valid verb phrases that serve as objects of the preposition, rather than. I believe "to undermine" would be correct as well, but it sounds "too wordy" when using undermine in this form is also considered an infinitive.






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    It is correct using both "undermine" and "undermining" since both create valid valid verb phrases that serve as objects of the preposition, rather than. I believe "to undermine" would be correct as well, but it sounds "too wordy" when using undermine in this form is also considered an infinitive.






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      It is correct using both "undermine" and "undermining" since both create valid valid verb phrases that serve as objects of the preposition, rather than. I believe "to undermine" would be correct as well, but it sounds "too wordy" when using undermine in this form is also considered an infinitive.






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        It is correct using both "undermine" and "undermining" since both create valid valid verb phrases that serve as objects of the preposition, rather than. I believe "to undermine" would be correct as well, but it sounds "too wordy" when using undermine in this form is also considered an infinitive.






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        It is correct using both "undermine" and "undermining" since both create valid valid verb phrases that serve as objects of the preposition, rather than. I believe "to undermine" would be correct as well, but it sounds "too wordy" when using undermine in this form is also considered an infinitive.







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