Grammar Correction: 'We normally meet at a restaurant and having dinner together'

Correcting the Sentence: 'We normally meet at a restaurant and having dinner together.'

This sentence contains a common grammatical error: faulty parallelism. Parallelism means using the same grammatical structure to express two or more related ideas. In this case, the sentence lists two actions: 'meet' and 'have dinner.'

Here's the corrected sentence:

'We normally meet at a restaurant and have dinner together.'

Explanation:

• The original sentence uses the present continuous tense ('having') after the conjunction 'and,' while the first verb ('meet') is in the present simple tense. * To maintain parallel structure, both verbs should be in the same tense. * Therefore, 'having' should be changed to 'have,' which is the present simple form of the verb.

The complete corrected paragraph is:

'We normally meet at a restaurant and have dinner together. We have casual conversations and talk about the latest gossip, teasing each other about things in life and work.'