Parallel structure
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This document is a lesson on parallel structure from a course on English comprehension and composition. It discusses different types of faulty parallelism and provides examples of sentences with parallel structure issues alongside the corrected versions. The examples cover parallelism issues with lists, correlative expressions, comparisons, and sentence structure. The goal is to teach how to construct sentences and phrases with consistent grammatical forms for a clear and coherent written style.
Parallel structure
- 1. PARALLEL STRUCTURES ENGLISH COMPREHENSION AND COMPOSITOIN Course Supervisor: Ayyaz Qadeer 02/18/14 1
- 2. FAULTY PARALLELISM Faulty Parallelism Corrected Version Formerly, science was taught by the textbook method, while now the laboratory method is employed. Formerly, science was taught by the textbook method; now it is taught by the laboratory method.
- 3. FAULTY PARALLELISM Faulty Parallelism Corrected Version The French, the Italians, Spanish, and Portuguese The French, the Italians, the Spanish, and the Portuguese In spring, summer, or in winter In spring, summer, or winter (In spring, in summer, or in winter)
- 4. Correlative expressions Faulty Parallelism Corrected Version It was both a long ceremony and very tedious. The ceremony was both long and tedious. A time not for words, but action A time not for words, but for action Either you must grant his request or incur his ill will. You must either grant his request or incur his ill will. My objections are, first, the injustice of the measure; second, that it is unconstitutional. My objections are, first, that the measure is unjust; second, that it is unconstitutional.
- 5. Making comparisons Faulty Parallelism Corrected Version My income is smaller than my wife. My income is smaller than my wife's.
- 6. BEST OF LUCK
- 7. BEST OF LUCK