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C4A2a
Coordinating Constructions
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C4A2a1
When two or more ideas are joined by a
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coordinating conjunction (for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so),
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each of the ideas should be in the same grammatical
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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 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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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 tools were found, but never was the
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hammer used.
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(noun/verb and verb/noun)
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The tools were found, but the hammer was
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never applied.
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(noun/verb and noun/verb)
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See
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Coordinating Conjunctions
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for more information.
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