Question

Which three sentences correctly use parallel structure? 1. When things go wrong, Carl tends to brood for hour and to blame others. 2. After watching some Tv. I was talking to my daughter and read e-mail. 3. the school was closed not only because of the snow and ice but also because of the lack of heat. 4. The ice was a greater problem for the electrical power company than for the natural gas company.

Answer 1

A parallel structure is a sentence that repeats similar word structures twice.
In this case, the correct answer is sentence 3.

For example: She not only wanted a dog, but also wanted a cat.

Answer 2

Answer:

1. When things go wrong, Carl tends to brood for hour and to blame others.

3. the school was closed not only because of the snow and ice but also because of the lack of heat.

4. The ice was a greater problem for the electrical power company than for the natural gas company.

Explanation:

The parallel structure refers to the use of the same pattern to express several ideas that have the same level of importance, for example, using gerund to describes the activities done in one day or to express the same idea using infinitive phrases, however, all must have the same structure.

I have bolded the repeated structure in the sentence. The second one does not apply, because in the first two verbs used a gerund, however, did not use it in the last one.

2. After watching some Tv. I was talking to my daughter and read e-mail.