Which of the following sentences uses parallel structure? a. We have to write a report, and our planner needs updating. b. Every
morning we hold a brief meeting, review the day’s agenda, and conferencing with new clients. c. Our top manager is efficient, assertive, and capable. d. The president’s office is sleek, modern, and it is large.
Parallelism also known as or parallel structure or referred to as parallel construction, is described as the balance attained within a sentence or more sentence of the similar clauses or phrases that tend to denote the same structure. This application of parallel structure tends to affects the readability and thus may make the texts easier to comprehend.
Disease in colonial America that afflicted the early immigrant settlers was a dangerous threat to life. Malaria was deadly to many new arrivals, especially in the Southern colonies.
