English Language & Usage Asked on June 8, 2021
The five building blocks offers you privacy and data protection from tailored modules and dashboarding, to integrated access to XZ’s full advisory capabilities.
Is the above sentence correct? Can ‘to’ be used twice in a list?
Yes, you can use "to" twice. They're being used in completely different senses.
The first "to" is separating the ends of a range:
from X to Y
The second "to" is part of the noun phrase that comprises Y, which is of the form
integrated access to Z".
It's not a list of 3 items:
from X to Y to Z
It's simply coincidental that the same word "to" is used in both contexts.
However, I've certainly seen sentences that used "to" multiple times to describe a list of multiple items.
from X to Y, to Z
Although it doesn't make sense to describe a single range like this, this is often indented as short for
from X to Y, and from Y to Z
Or, as in your example, it's not really a literal range. The items are just emphasizing various possibilities in a set or metaphorical spectrum. For instance, one could say:
The rainbow's colors are spectacular, from red to blue to violet.
Answered by Barmar on June 8, 2021
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