Faulty Parallelism
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Gloria Salinas
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Faulty Parallelism
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What is Parallelism?
Parallelism means using the same pattern of words to show that two or more elements in the sentence have the same level of importance.
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Faulty Parallelism
In general, ideas that are parallel in meaning, such as elements of a series, should be expressed using parallel (matching) grammatical forms.
Examples:
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Writers must also use parallel grammatical forms in lists featuring nouns, prepositions, andother parts of speech. Phrases, including modifiers, should also be parallel.
Examples:
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Multiple Choice
Critics acclaimed the actor's ability to sing, perform with feeling, and interpreting his character.
interpreting his character
to be interpreting
interpreted his characterr
interpret his character
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Multiple Choice
By night, he protected the city and saved residents as a vigilante superhero; at daybreak, he took pictures for a local paper.
at daybreak
in the daytime
by day
during the day
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Multiple Choice
The report filed after the incident mentioned the initial altercation, described the injuries sustained by both students, and briefly outlined other students' accounts of the incident.
briefly outlined other students'
accounts of the incident
other students' accounts of the
incident were briefly outlined
briefly outlining other students'
accounts of the incident
briefly outline other students'
accounts of the incident
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Multiple Choice
The formation of badlands is the result of deposition and erosion, the first the accumulation, over time, of layers of mineral material and the second the sedentary material subsequently erodes.
material and the second the
sedentary material subsequently
erodes
material and the second the
subsequent erosion of the
sedentary material
material then the subsequent
erosion of the sedentary material
material, then the subsequently
eroding sedentary material
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