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Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
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parallelism

1. Defeat your enemies by using your inner strength, not physical force.
2. Defeat your enemies by using your inner strength, and not physical force.
3. Defeat your enemies by using your inner strength, not by physical force.
4. Defeat your enemies by using your inner strength, and not by physical force.

Q) Which sounds good and which does not sound or work well?
  

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#3 and #4 are not really parellel in structure, so I would use one of these (as amended): 1. Defeat your enemies by using your inner strength, not physical force. 2.

  • #3 and #4 are not really parellel in structure, so I would use one of these (as amended): 1.
  • Defeat your enemies by using your inner strength, not physical force.
  • 2.
  • Defeat your enemies by using your inner stren gth an d not physical force.
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#3 and #4 are not really parellel in structure, so I would use one of these (as amended):

1. Defeat your enemies by using your inner strength, not physical force.
2. Defeat your enemies by using your inner strength and not physical force.

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