GRAMMAR TOPIC: CONJUNCTION PARALLEL STRUCTURE

CONJUNCTION PARALLEL STRUCTURE

1. CONJUNCTIONS AND PARALLEL STRUCTURE PRROFESSOR LIBERTY

2. What is it? A parallel structure is used when the writer has two or more elements in a sentence that are equal in importance

3. TO SHOW THAT THE ELEMENTS ARE EQUAL, THE ELEMENTS ARE USUALLY JOINED BY THE COORDINATING CONJUNCTIONS WHEN SHOULD I USE IT ? OR THE CORRELATIVE CONJUNCTIONS AND SHOULD BE STRUCTURED GRAMMATICALLY THE SAME.

4. CORRELATIVE CONJUNCTIOS COORDINATING CONJUNCTIONS EITHER…OR NEITHER…NOR NOT ONLY…BUT ALSO WHETHER…OR NO SOONER…THAN RATHER…THAN SUCH…THAT SCARCELY…WHEN AS MANY/MUCH…AS THERE ARE SEVEN COORDINATING CONJUNCTIONS: FOR, AND, NOR, BUT, OR, YET, SO FANBOYS .

5. WHAT IS AN EXAMPLE OF A PARALLEL STRUCTURE? In this sentence, a series of verbs are presented in parallel structure: Parallel: Her children like to swim, hike and ride dirt bikes. NOT parallel: Her children like to swim, hike, and riding dirt bikes.

6. CONJUNCTIONS ALLOW YOU TO JOIN IDEAS THAT SHARE A SIMILAR GRAMMATICAL STRUCTURE, BY USING PARALLEL STRUCTURE WITH CONJUNCTIONS, YOU EMPHASIZE THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THOSE IDEAS. NON-PARALLEL EXAMPLE: I ENJOY READING AND TO GO FOR WALKS.

7. PARALLEL EXAMPLE: I ENJOY READING AND GOING FOR WALKS. HERE, BOTH VERBS ("READING" AND "GOING") ARE PRESENT PARTICIPLES, CREATING PARALLEL STRUCTURE AND A SMOOTHER FLOW.

8. REWRITE EACH SENTENCE TO FIX ALL PARALLELISM ERRORS. 1. MY SISTER NOT ONLY GIVES THE DOG TREATS BUT SHE ALSO BRUSHES HIM TWICE A DAY. 2. EITHER PEOPLE GO TO PET STORES TO BUY A PET OR JUST TO ENJOY LOOKING AT THE ANIMALS. 3. A FEW PRECAUTIONS CAN MAKE USING A POWER SAW BOTH SIMPLE AND WITH SAFETY.

9. THANK YOU!