PARALLEL STRUCTURE
>TO EXPRESS SIMILAR
IDEAS IN SIMILAR GRAMMATICAL FORM<
Example:
- Error: Jane is tall, blonde, and with blue eyes.
- Correct: Jane is tall, blonde, and blue-eyed.
Items in a series:
- Error: He asked me to return his bike and that I should lock it up.
- Correct: He asked me to return his bike and to lock it up. OR He asked that I return his bike and that I lock it up.
Comparisons:
Practice: Now go to the spectacular resource by Grammarbytes and practice your new skill...here while Mrs. West checks your thesis sentence (20 pts). - Error: I like tennis better than to play indoor games.
- Correct: I like tennis better than indoor games.
Red/Green Holdup: Use the activity on the back of the Parallel Structure page in your packet.
Check it - Does your thesis follow parallel structure?
HW: Upload your perfected Thesis and 3 Topic Sentences to the assignment on Focus called "CAB/Parallel Thesis."
