Saturday, August 10, 2019

prepositions - Does this sentence call for an additional "for"?

I'm confronted with two compelling options:





  1. I want to be at least partially responsible for getting them to think differently, or inspiring them to earnestly investigate new topics.




  2. I want to be at least partially responsible for getting them to think differently, or for inspiring them to earnestly investigate new topics.






Which one should I choose, and why? The first sentence uses fewer words, usually my yardstick for choice in situations like this. But the second sounds better when spoken, so I'm torn.

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