Parallel Structure

sing.

to sing

sings.

singing.

taking out the trash.

took out the trash.

takes out the trash.

take out the trash.

I came; I saw; I conquered

I came; I have seen; I have conquered.

Come see me conquer.

tells

will tell

told

was telling

Original, imaginative, and fantastic describe the techniques of Dali's paintings.

Original, imaginative, and seeming fantastic describe the techniques of Dali's paintings.

Her excuses bothered me more than her absence.

Her excuses bothered me more than her being absent.

Mr. Nguyen kept his store clean, neat, and he made it conveniently arranged.

Mr. Nguyen kept his store clean, neat, and conveniently arranged.

Fathers and sons are alike.

Fathers and like son.

Like father, like son.

joins two complete sentences together

a repeated grammatical pattern

how you write the Declaration of Independence

when two things happen at the same time