1. Faulty Parallelism
Words in pairs should be placed in
parallel (matching) grammatical
structure. If they are not, the result is
faulty parallelism.
How to correct faulty parallelism
Place words in a pair or in a series in the
same grammatical structure.

2. • After the car baked in the sun for hours, the
steering wheel was hot, the seats were
sticky, and there was stuffiness in the air.
• After the car baked in the sun for hours, the
steering wheel was hot, the seats were
sticky, and the air (was) stuffy.