Recognizing Parallel Structure
Directions: In the exercise that follows, you will need to determine whether or not sentences have parallel structure.
To maintain parallelism, you must list items with equal grammatical structure:
Sylvia asked to borrow a
,
Sylvia needs to
,
An error occurs when the grammatical structure of one or more of the items does not match the others, like this:
Sylvia asked to borrow a
Sylvia needs to
To keep track of your answers, print the accompanying handout. If you are unsure which choice to make, consult the rules.
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