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Olive file 806 Posted 7 years ago
Grammar

Parallelism

Rewrite the sentence to make noun phrases semantically parallel (equal) in meaning.

In our quest to learn how things move, the experience of hiking and other motion leads us to introduce the concepts of velocity, time, length, kilograms and temperature.

  

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Structural parallelism in grammar mean that the items in the list are of the same type. htm In the only list in your sentence - velocity, time, length, kilograms and temperature - each item is a noun. There is no violation of structural parallelism.

  • Structural parallelism in grammar mean that the items in the list are of the same type.
  • htm In the only list in your sentence - velocity, time, length, kilograms and temperature - each item is a noun.
  • There is no violation of structural parallelism.
  • Now if you are studying physics, there is an issue with relevance of every item on that list.
  • Here you are considering the accuracy, not the grammatical structure, of the statement.
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Structural parallelism in grammar mean that the items in the list are of the same type.

https://webapps.towson.edu/ows/moduleparallel.htm


In the only list in your sentence - velocity, time, length, kilograms and temperature - each item is a noun. There is no violat

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olive file 806the experience of hiking and other motion leads

Here's a non-parallel segment that can be changed to be parallel.

olive file 806velocity, time, length, kilograms and temperature.

Here's another case of non-parallel items. Hint: Kilograms measure weight. Temperature measures heat.

CJ

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