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Steves5a Posted 21 years ago
Grammar

Parallel parts

Would there be anyone that would be able to explain Parallel parts and give an example . I have never heard of this before.

Thanks in advance.
  

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Hi steves5a, If you mean “Parallel Structures” by “Parallel parts”, I can explain them as in the below; Some conjunctions combine with other words to form what are called correlative conjunctions . These are both . .

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  • Hi steves5a, If you mean “Parallel Structures” by “Parallel parts”, I can explain them as in the below; Some conjunctions combine with other words to form what are called correlative conjunctions .
  • These are both .
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  • and not only .
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Hi steves5a,

If you mean “Parallel Structures” by “Parallel parts”, I can explain them as in the below;

Some conjunctions combine with other words to form what are called correlative conjunctions. These are

both . . . and
not only . . . but also
not . . . but
either . . . or

neither . . . nor
whether . . . or
as . . . as

The
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This is the question that I have that states Paralle Parts- which one would follow this rule ?

A. In the business world, you must write clearly and with conciseness.

B. I would rather drive a car than ride a bike.

C. Joan is a member of the internal audit committee, a team learder, and plays on the company softball team.

D. The seminar speaker's talked was moti
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To solve these puzzles, you have to more or less pull the sentences apart and see if the parts are similar or different.

A. ... you must write / clearly / and / with conciseness /.

Compare with /clearly/ and /concisely/.
Compare with /with clarity/ and /with conciseness/.

B. ... rather /drive a car/ than /ride a bike/

Compare with /drive a car/
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D. The seminar speaker's talked was motivating and challenged.

Are you sure you copied the above sentence correctly?
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Sure it should be "The seminar speaker's talk was motivating and challenged."

By the way I feel structural parallelism is not a matter of grammar but the matter of style. I remember I was pointed out by Khoff that a sentence like "I'm a Japanese student and learning English in the university extension" sounds natural to native speakers despite the fact that the sentence is against the str
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I agree with Paco. Only one is parallel structure, and only one is ungrammatical (even after the typo is cleaned up).
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I found in another English learners' site a post like below. The original sentence was "The seminar speaker's talk was motivating and challenged us". This sentence is not in a parallel construct, but I don't think it is ungrammatical. What is your opinion?

Which sentence contains parallel parts? a) In the business world, you must write clearly and wit
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They are all grammatical. B contains the parallelism: 'drive a car' / 'ride a bike'.

CJ
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I agree with Calif Jim in thinking the answer is B because both go together. Motivating and challenged don't have the same endings therefore they are not parallel and it feels unnatural to say. The correct way would be to say it was motivating and challenging.
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Parallel parts are those parts that are manufactured within the same specifications as a genuine part. They are manufactured using the same technical tooling etc, and will be more than likley, manufactured on the same assembly line as the genuine part.

What distinguishes a parallel part from a genuine part is that the part is sold in a 'clean skin' box (ie. not in the genuine manufacture
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