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English Parallelism

Parallelism

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PARALLELISM

is an adjective
that means being
anywhere
equidistant

PARALLEL
Provide Serves
sa to give
It is when phrases
phrase
phrases a
with The
in a pattern
balance repetition
sentence and
and of two
have rhythm
clarity grammati
similar or
cal form in
same
two or
grammati
more part
cal
of a
structure.
sentence.
PARALLELISM
It is better to It is better to
give than or give than to
receiving. receive.

Simplicity is
Simple is beauty. or beauty.

Which is
correct?
Basic/ Infinitive
Form

dig cook dance singing

Which word among the


following has different
grammatical form?
took
ate tooks

Locked waits ran

Which word among the


following has different
grammatical form?
Which has a parallel
structure?

a.I like to jog, bake, paint, and


watch movies.
b. I like to jog, bake, paint, and
watching movies.
c. I like to jogging, baking, painting,
and watching movies.
Remember
!!!

When a series is composed of verbs, do not mix


forms.
For example, mixing an infinitive (a verb
beginning with to) with a gerund
(a verb from ending in –ing) breaks parallel
structure.
Remember
!!!

Parallel words

On the word level, a nouns should be grouped


with other nouns, an adjective with other
adjectives, and so on.
Which has a parallel
structure?
a. The company is looking for a
candidate who is friendly,
b. Theorganized,
companymeticulous,
is looking and
for ais going
to arrive to work on time.
candidate who is friendly,
organized, meticulous, and is going
to arrive to work on time.
Remember
!!!

Parallel Phrases

Parallel structures should be used to balance a


series of phrases with the same grammatical
structure.
For example, avoid making noun phrases with
verb phrases.
Which has a parallel
structure?
a. Initial trials showed that exposure to
the chemical caused memory problems,
intermittent dizziness, and prevent sleep.

b. Initial trials showed that exposure to


the chemical caused memory problems,
intermittent dizziness, and insomnia.
Remember
!!!

Parallel Clauses

Parallelism is also applicable to a series of


clausein a sentence.
Which has a parallel
structure?
a. The report card stated that the
student often talked in class, that he
bullied other students, and rarely
finished his homework.
a. The report card stated that the
student often talked in class, that he
bullied other students, and that rarely
finished his homework.
Remember
!!!

List after colon (:)


A list that follows a colon should always have
parallel elements.
a. WhichMainstream
has a parallel c. Mainstream
economists
structure? b. Mainstream
economists have
have attributed economists have
attributed the
the recession to attributed the
recession to
several key recession to
several key
causes: several key causes:
causes: the
deregulation the enactment of
enactment of
policies, spike deregulation
deregulation
in interest policies, the spike
policies, the spike
rates, in interest rates,
in interest rates,
manufacturing the decline
the decline
orders manufacturing
manufacturing
declining, and orders, and the
orders, and the
the emergence emergence of asset
emergence of
of asset bubbles.
Remember
!!!

Parallel Construction in Pairs

Use parallel construction when a sentence


contains a pair of connected ideas. Pairs can be
connected by coordinating conjunctions,
which include and, nor, but, or and yet.
Which has a parallel
structure?
a. She planned to collect data by either
using an online survey or phone
interviews.

a. She planned to collect data by either


using an online survey or conducting
phone interviews.

a. She planned to collect data through


online surveys or phone interviews.
Remember
!!!

Use parallel construction when a pair of ideas


are linked by a correlative conjunction, such as
Not only…but also, either… or, neither…nor
Which has a parallel
structure?
a. His paper argues that the distinctive
divergence in the two artist’ styles
was not only shaped by their mutual
rivalry but also because of the
a. His paper argues
idiosyncratic that
tastes of the distinctive
patrons.
divergence in the two artist’ styles
was not only shaped by their mutual
rivalry but also by the idiosyncratic
tastes of patrons.
The same rule applies to pairs connected by
word of comparison,
such as over, than, us.

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