Chapter 16. Exercise S1-2

16.1 Section Title

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You must read each slide, and complete any questions on the slide, in sequence.
Exercise S1-2
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In each pair, click on the sentence that does not contain errors in parallelism.

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Example

Question 16.1

Correct. The three noun phrases are parallel: fishing trips, dance lessons, computer classes.
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Sorry. Computers is not parallel with fishing trips and dance lessons.
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Question 16.2

Correct. The infinitives to remain and to set up are parallel.
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Sorry. The infinitive to remain is not parallel with the -ing form setting up.
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Question 16.3

Correct. The adjective phrase following not only is parallel with the adjective phrase following but also: too steep . . . too narrow.
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Sorry. The elements following not only and but also are not parallel: too steep . . . were too narrow.
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Question 16.4

Correct. For parallelism, the preposition from is repeated following than.
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Sorry. For parallelism, the preposition from should be repeated following than.
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Question 16.5

Correct. The sentence contains a series consisting of parallel verb phrases: gathered . . . , put in . . . , arranged . . . , added . . . , tossed in . . . .
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Sorry. For parallelism, the sentence contains a series of verb phrases, but the last item in the series—a battery-powered hair dryer—is not a verb phrase.
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