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1、Parallel-StructuresWhatis parallelconstruction?Parallelconstructionismakingyoursentenceshaveanevenbalancesoithasagoodflowforyourreaders(usedwithaseriesofphrasesorclausesinsentences)ExamplesfromtheMasters“IgotrhythmIgotmusicIgotmyman–Whocouldaskforanythingm
2、ore?”GeorgeGershwinParallelConstructionTheRule:Sentences,orpartsofsentencesthatareconnectedbyideas,shouldbeexpressedinsimilarform.NounsCorrect:InunderstandingtheimportanceoflearningEnglish,Wandawouldpayattentiontoherlistening,writing,reading,andspeaking.No
3、tcorrect:InunderstandingtheimportanceoflearningEnglish,Wandawouldpayattentiontoherlistening,writing,reading,andwhethershespokecorrectly.PhrasesCorrect:Wandawantedtomakealotofmoney,buystock,andretireearly.Notcorrect:Wandawantedtomakealotofmoney,buystock,and
4、shewantedtoretireearly.ClausesCorrect:Wandabelievedthatahealthybodywasimportant,thattheonlywaytolivewastoplayhard,andthatknowledgewaspower.Notcorrect:Wandabelievedthatahealthybodywasimportant,thattheonlywaytolivewastoplayhard,andgainingpowerthroughknowledg
5、e.Rule:Ifyoursentencehasmatchingconjunctionssuchaseither-or,neither-nor,notonly-butalso,both-and,whether-or,makesureyoumatchthepartsoneachside.KeepabalanceandconsistencyExamples:Correct:ShestayeduplateeitherstudyingherEnglishorgoingtoparties.Notcorrect:She
6、stayeduplateeitherstudyingherEnglishorshewouldgotoparties.Examples:Correct:Unlikeherclassmates,Wandahadmotivationnotonlytosucceedatschoolbutalsotoimpressthewholeschoolwithherpersonality.Notcorrect:Unlikeherclassmates,Wandahadmotivationnotonlytosucceedatsch
7、oolbutalsowantedtoimpressthewholeschoolwithherpersonality.Eachsentencehasincorrectparallelconstruction.Inyourjournals,rewriteeachsentenceandcorrectthem.Wandawantedtotakeonextraresponsibilitiesatworksuchaswritingreports,managingnewemployees,andtoplaneventsf
8、ortheworkers.Sheusedherweekendstostudyhard,toexercise,tocatchuponsleep,andforvisitingfriendsshehadnotseeninalongtime.Wandahopedthatshewouldgettodinnerontime,andbyarrivingearlyshewouldsitnexttotheboyshelikes,a
