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* Not parallel: ''Affy ran across the yard, jumped over the fence, and '''down the alley he sprinted'''.'' |
* Not parallel: ''Affy ran across the yard, jumped over the fence, and '''down the alley he sprinted'''.'' |
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* Parallel: ''Affy ran across the yard, jumped over the fence, and '''sprinted down the alley'''.'' |
* Parallel: ''Affy ran across the yard, jumped over the fence, and '''sprinted down the alley'''.'' |
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== See also == |
== See also == |
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In grammar, parallelism is a balance of two or more similar words, phrases, or clauses. The application of parallelism in sentence construction improves writing style and readability. Parallelism may also be known as parallel structure or parallel construction. In English, parallelism of the predicate provides for one of the few structural situations in which the subject for each verb does not need restatement. Parallelism is often achieved in conjunction with other stylistic principles, such as antithesis, anaphora, asyndeton, climax, epistrophe, and symploce.[1]
Examples
Compare the following examples:
- Not parallel: Mr. Thomas likes cooking, jogging, and to read.
- Parallel: Mr. Thomas likes cooking, jogging, and reading.
In the above example, the first sentence has two gerunds and one infinitive. To make it parallel, the sentence was rewritten with three gerunds instead.
- Not parallel: Affy ran across the yard, jumped over the fence, and down the alley he sprinted.
- Parallel: Affy ran across the yard, jumped over the fence, and sprinted down the alley.