19.1 Section Title
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You must read each slide, and complete any questions on the slide, in sequence.
Exercise S1-5
Parallelism
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In each pair, click on the better version of the passage, the one that does not contain errors in parallelism.
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Example
1 of 10
Correct. The items in the series are parallel:
communicating . . . , processing . . . , and
performing. . . .For more help, see section
S1.
Sorry. The final element in the series should begin with an
-ing verb form to make the three items parallel:
communicating . . . , processing . . . , and
performing . . . .For more help, see section
S1.
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2 of 10
Correct. The two parts of the correlative conjunction
not only . . . but also are followed by similar grammatical forms, the verbs
had and
was.
For more help, see section
S1.
Sorry. The two parts of the correlative conjunction
not only . . . but also should be followed by similar grammatical forms. In this case, moving
not only before the verb
had creates a balanced effect:
not only had . . . but also was . . . .For more help, see section
S1.
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3 of 10
Correct. The noun phrases
greedy poachers and
a shrinking habitat are parallel.
For more help, see section
S1.
Sorry.
And joins the noun phrase
greedy poachers and the clause
their habitat is shrinking. For parallelism, it should join two noun phrases: . . .
because of greedy poachers and a shrinking habitat.
For more help, see section
S1.
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4 of 10
Correct. For parallelism, the preposition
in is repeated:
in rural Luray . . . in the congested suburbs.
For more help, see section
S1.
Sorry. For parallelism, the preposition
in should be repeated:
in rural Luray . . . in the congested suburbs.
For more help, see section
S1.
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5 of 10
Correct. The items in the series are parallel:
poor training, lack of confidence, and
inexperience.
For more help, see section
S1.
Sorry. The last element in the series should be a noun to make the three objects of
because of parallel:
poor training, lack of confidence, and
inexperience.
For more help, see section
S1.
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6 of 10
Correct. The
-ing verb forms
sleeping and
finding are parallel.
For more help, see section
S1.
Sorry. For parallelism, both objects of
between should be
-ing verb forms:
sleeping . . . and
finding. . . . Or both can be noun phrases:
a cot in the terminal and
a hotel room at my expense.
For more help, see section
S1.
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7 of 10
Correct. The items in the series are all nouns:
leaves, water, and
teapot.
For more help, see section
S1.
Sorry. The last element in the series should be a noun to make the three items parallel:
leaves, water, and
teapot.
For more help, see section
S1.
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8 of 10
Correct. The items in the series are parallel:
paying, making, and
hiring.
For more help, see section
S1.
Sorry. The second item in the series,
down payment, is not parallel to
paying and
hiring. Adding an
-ing verb form solves the problem:
paying, making, and
hiring.
For more help, see section
S1.
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9 of 10
Correct. The
-ing forms
buying and maintaining and
paying are parallel.
For more help, see section
S1.
Sorry. Elements being compared with
than should be in parallel grammatical form.
To pay is not parallel to
buying and maintaining.
For more help, see section
S1.
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10 of 10
Correct. The writer repeats
were to clarify the parallelism and to prevent possible confusion between were as a main verb and
were as a helping verb in the passive voice (
were denied).
For more help, see section
S1.
Sorry. To clarify the parallelism and to prevent possible confusion between
were as a main verb and
were as a helping verb in the passive voice (
were denied), the writer must repeat
were: were slow to win . . . were often denied.For more help, see section
S1.
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