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B4I3
Coordinating Constructions
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When two or more ideas are joined by a coordinating
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conjunction (for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so), each of the ideas
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should be in the same grammatical form (part of speech).
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Not parallel:
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The dog was
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short, fat,
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and
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had a lot of
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hair
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.
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(two adjectives and a verb phrase)
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The dog was
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short, fat,
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and
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hairy
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.
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(all adjectives)
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Not parallel:
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We went
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sailing and on a picnic
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.
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(gerund and prepositional phrase)
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We went
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sailing
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and
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picnicking
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.
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(two gerunds)
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Not parallel:
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The
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tools were
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found, but never
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was
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the
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hammer
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used.
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(noun/verb and verb/noun)
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The
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tools were
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found, but the
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hammer was
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never used.
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(noun/verb and noun/verb)
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Not parallel:
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We were delayed because of
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rain
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,
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miscommunication
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,
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and
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traffic that had
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jammed
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.
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(two nouns and a noun phrase)
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P arallel:
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We were delayed because of
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rain
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,
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miscommunication
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, and
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traffic jams
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.
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(all nouns)
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More information
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Coordinating Conjunctions
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B3B1.htf
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For, Yet, and So as Conjunctions
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B3B1a.htf
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