Parallel Structure

1. Olympic athletes usually like practicing, competing, and eating ice cream sandwich.
2. Jake gets his daily exercise by walking his dog, going for a bike ride, and cleaning his house.
3. Mr. David enjoys reading a newspaper, and playing guitar at the weekend.
4. The company is looking for a candidate who is friendly, punctual, and organized.
5. My uncle Sam likes bagel, lox, and salad.

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Preface

Parallel structureatauparallelismadalah penggunaan pola kata yang sama untuk dua atau lebih unsur kalimat untuk menunjukkan bahwa unsur-unsur tersebutsetara atau sama pentingnya dalam kalimat.

Contoh:

• He drives slowly and carefully.
• The children sing, danceandstudy together.
• She likes cooking, reading, and painting.

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Explication

1. practicingdancompetingadalahgerund, sedangkan eatadalahinfinitive.

2. walkingdangoingadalahgerund, sedangkan cleansadalahverb.

3. readingadalahgerund, sedangkan to playadalahinfinitive.

4. friendlydanpunctualadalahadjective, sedangkan organizationadalahnoun.

5. bageldanlox (?) adalah noun, sedangkan eatingadalahgerund.

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DETAILS

Year: 12

Subject: English

Category: Structure and Written Expressions

Sub-category: Parallel structure

Code: 12.5

Keywords: parallelism, parallel construction, grammatical structure