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Parallelism
Parallel means two things (lines, objects, etc.)
running next to each other, having
the same space between them at all points. For example, look at the word “paral-
lel” itself – the two
l
s in the middle are parallel to one another. Remember the
spelling of the word, and
you can remember its meaning; remember the mean-
ing of the word and you can remember its spelling! There aren’t many words in
English as convenient as that!
If two things are parallel, then we could consider
them to be similar like ob-
jects in a mirror. Thus, parallelism in writing means parts of a sentence which
have the same features.
Rules of Parallelism
There are a few important things to remember in parallelism, and they, fortu-
nately, adhere to a few simple rules.
Basically, when you are creating a list or
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a comparison, you want to create balance and simplicity
in the sentence by hav-
ing all parts the same. That means:
1. Keep nouns with nouns
Example:
Incorrect:
He enjoys football more than playing baseball.
Correct:
He enjoys football more than baseball.
Why? In the first (incorrect) example, we have a noun (football) for the first
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