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parallelism

1i00I am in Calcutta, India, the city I grew up in and still call home. It was supposed to have been a busy day for me. I had meetings set up, errands to run, host a play date for my son, have lunch with friends. Instead, I’ll be at home all day. Today - and tomorrow.02i02br
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00Applying the parallelism rule, below is my interpretation02br
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00 I had meetings set up,(I had) errands to run,(I had) host a play date for my son,(I had) have lunch with friends. Instead, I’ll be at home all day. Today - and tomorrow02br
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00Is my application of the rule incorrect because "I had host and I had have lunch" don't sound right to me?02br
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00Thanks.0-
  

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0The are not parallel: meetings set up, errands to run, a play date to host, and a lunch planned with friends0-

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  • 0The are not parallel: meetings set up, errands to run, a play date to host, and a lunch planned with friends0-
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0The are not parallel: meetings set up, errands to run, a play date to host, and a lunch planned with friends0-
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0Thanks, GG. Your version is correct to me. I can't accept the original version because it doesn't follow the rule and therefore, the last two items are incomplete, IMO. Is it common and how acceptable is it?0-
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0Grammatically it doesn't work at all - those second two phrases cannot follow "I had."02br
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00However, when we speak, we don't always remember how we started the sentence or we change the flow of our thoughs. You certainly wouldn't have any trouble understanding what the person was trying to say.0-
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0I made me pause because they were disconnected from the rest. Yes, I had no problem understanding but I did hesistate for a while.0-
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