+342.+ Verb phrases may be connected by conjunctions. For example:
The People's College _is owned_ and _controlled_ by the working class.
We _have made_ and _are making_ a fierce struggle for a free press.
In this last sentence the two verb phrases, _have made_ and _are making_
are connected by the co-ordinate conjunction _and_. Often in using verb
phrases, we use phrases in which the same helping verb occurs in both
phrases. When this is the case the helping verb is quite often omitted
in the second phrase and only the participle is connected by the
conjunction. As, for example:
The People's College is owned and controlled by the working class.
In this sentence the helping verb _is_ belongs in both the phrases but
is omitted in the second phrase in order to make a smoother sounding
sentence. In the second phrase, only the past participle _controlled_ is
used. It is understood that we mean,
The People's College _is owned_ and _is controlled_ by the working
class.