Question

Why is the following an example of parallel structure:

Answer 1

Answer:

Explanation:

He went to buy socks

He went to buy shoes

He went to buy soccer balls

Socks, shoes and soccer balls.. all three are nouns (same grammatical structure)

Answer 2

Answer and Explanation:

Parallel structure in sentences is when the list of items is organized and written in the same way. For example, if a sentence was written “I like to play basketball, play soccer, and play volleyball”, this is in parallel structure because each item is of the form “play ______”.

Here, this is parallel structure because each item is by itself, without being preceded by a verb, except for the very first one, which is allowed because that verb “buy” will apply to every item following.

That’s why this is parallel structure.