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☆☆☆☆☆Physics and Geometry
It is when two rays or a line segment can go on and on without touching.
Parallelism refers to sentence structures that include similar word or phrase patterns.
Sentence and list structure
Parallelism is about consistency, and having all the parts in the same form.
In a sentence, compound verbs or other words should be in the same form.
Example : "He sang and was dancing all night" is improper if you actually mean "He was singing and dancing all night". Similarly, "He had finished and went upstairs" mixes two different tenses, and is improved as "He finished and went upstairs" or "He had finished and gone upstairs".
A things-to-do list might read :
Reading to the kids at the library
Singing with the choir
Make sure to buy MILK!!!
Volunteering at the hospital
Parallelism would require changing the third item to "Buying Milk (remember!). You retain the meaning, and have made your list parallel in structure.
Language that does not discriminate against individuals or groups
Items in a series, coordinating ideas, and repetition.
Be cautious of word repetition unless it is used as a tool to create impact.
It closely resembles a real-life object.
"In the sentence below, identify the pronoun and its antecedent?"
In this sentence the pronoun is its.
The antecedent for the possessive adjective its is the noun pronoun.
kept in similar forms.
Classification
Any student who plans to travel this summer should be prepared to raise funds for his own travel experience.
The lawyer ran to the courthouse, was wondering about her case, and eventually decided to eat lunch.
All of them are correct
History in general, and the history of art
The mailman delivered apples, bananas, and coconuts.
All of the above
