Question

Which sentence correctly uses parallel structure? My friends never judge me by my actions or statements. My friends never judge me by my actions or what I say. My friends never judge me by my statements or what I do. My friends never judge me by what I said or d

Answer 1

I'm not sure but here's the definition of Parallel Structure. ( Using the same pattern of words to show that two or more ideas have the same level of importance). You can go with either the first or second sentence that's my opinion but I'm really not 100% sure. Sorry I couldn't been more helpful. I tried

Answer 2

Answer:

The correct option is the first one "My friends never judge me by my actions or statements."

Explanation:

Parallel structures occur when we use the same grammar pattern to express ideas. In the example provided, the paralle structure is "actions or statements". Parallelism here is successfull since it uses two nouns as part of the sentence.

In the rest of the examples provided, there is a break in the pattern so no parallelism is achieved. Example: option 2 uses "actions or what I say". In this case, the pattern is broken since "action" is a noun and "what I say" is a noun clause.