8/16/2019 15_parallelism5

1/9

Parallelism

8/16/2019 15_parallelism5

2/9

Parallelism

•A parallel  constructionmeans that the writer is

comparing a noun with anoun or a clause with aclause.

8/16/2019 15_parallelism5

3/9

Parallelism

• Incorrect: In general, a dog’s tongueis longer than a cat.

• Correction 1: In general, a dog’stongue is longer than a cat’s tongue.

•Correction 2: In general, a dog’stongue is longer than a cat’s.

8/16/2019 15_parallelism5

4/9

Parallelism

• Incorrect:  The smell of fried chickenis not as strong as fried sh.

• Correction 1:  The smell of friedchicken is not as strong as the smellof fried sh.

• Correction 2 : Fried chicken doesnot smell as strong as fried sh.

8/16/2019 15_parallelism5

5/9

Parallelism

• To avoid using the samenoun twice, it is common to

use the pronouns that  (singular) or those (plural).

8/16/2019 15_parallelism5

6/9

Parallelism

• In some countries, the cost of wateris higher than the cost of oil.

• Better: In some countries, the costof water is higher than that of oil.

8/16/2019 15_parallelism5

7/9

Exercise(Parallelism)

8/16/2019 15_parallelism5

8/9

Instruction

•ewrite the sentencescorrectl!, according to the

rules of parallelism.

8/16/2019 15_parallelism5

9/9

". The compan! report indicatesthat #anuar! had more sales

than the sales in Fe$ruar!.%.&ith onl! ve da!s until the

deadline, our team’s pro'ect is

not as good as the other team.. In theor!, $oth classes are

euall! good. *owever, last

+onda! produced a clearl!dierent picture. -rofessormith’s students scored $etter

than -rofessor /eiler.