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IPARALLELISM STRATEGY
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‘When you see a form of the verb to be (or any other verb of being), be sure thatthe two
sides ofthe verb are parallel.
For example:
“The flower bouquet WAS the husband’s giving of love to his wife.
“The two sidos ofthe being verb was are Nower bouquet and husband’s giving of love
‘These two sides are not structurally parallel. In order to achieve parallelism, we can
rewrite the sentence replacing giving with the noun gift, so thatthe two sides ofthe
being verb are structurally similar
‘The flower bouquet WAS the husband's loving gift to his wife.
In addition o being structurally parallel, you must also ensure thatthe two sides of the
being verb are parallel in meaning. For example:
‘The attitudes of that politician always SEEM TO BE attacking the poor.
“The two sides of the being verb phrase seem to be are attitudes and attacking the
poor. However, attitudes do not attack, so the two sides of the sentence are not parallel
in that they do not match up in
revwite the sentence so thatthe poli
aning. In order to achieve parallel meaning, we can
ician himselFis doing the attacking.
‘Because of his intolerant attitude, that politician always SEEMS TO BE
attacking the poor.
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