United Kingdom, 8th Oct 2024, - Parallelism, also known as parallel structure, is a technique in writing that involves using a consistent grammatical structure within sentences or lists to create a ...

IN the first five parts of this series, we reviewed the various ways of achieving parallelism when constructing sentences. We saw how using the same function words can match and balance the clauses ...

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WE saw in the preceding four parts of this series that the consistent use of parallel grammatical structures is the key to more readable, more forceful, and more polished sentences. We also learned ...