The document contains examples of parallel structure in sentences. Parallel structure involves using similar grammatical structures in a series of words, phrases, or clauses that have the same function in a sentence. Some examples provided include "reading, writing, and thinking" and "playing the piano and eating fine food". The document provides corrections to sentences that lack parallel structure for clarity and stylistic purposes.

1. Parallelism
Reading, writing, and thinking
{ To sing, to dance, and to write
What is more important than learning, loving, and
laughing?

2. { The Sentence
{ The Correction
 My favorite  My favorite
pastimes are playing pastimes are playing
the piano and to eat the piano and eating
fine food. fine food.

3. The children
played, the birds
sang, and the wind
blew.
{ OR: The children were playing, the
birds were singing, and the wind
was blowing.

4. Mother likes to
bake and sing.
{ OR, Mother likes baking and
singing.

5. My coach said that I
should practice jump
shots, eat a balanced
meal, and get plenty
of sleep.
{ Did you get it right? 

6. Creativity, patience,
and energy are the
qualities of a good
scientist.
{ Know any bad scientists?

7. Janet thinks that
wearing comfortable
clothes makes more
sense than following
fashion trends.
{ What does Janet know?!

8. Jessica is greatly
admired by her
employer because of
her honesty,
enthusiasm, and
dedication to her work.
{ Are you like Jessica?

9. Most of the evenings
were occupied with
playing chess and
listening to records.
{ Fun!

10. It is sometimes
easier to do the
work oneself than
to supervise
someone else.
{ No kidding.

11. None of his relatives
really understood the
the full extent of his
difficulty or his
desperation.
{ Poor guy

12. I don’t like this
sentence. Let’s
skip it.
{ Okay, fine. . . Here we go

13. In order to settle the
matter, I will either
accept six new chairs
or have the old ones
reupholstered.
{ I’m a fan of reupholstered chairs.

14. I will use the reward
either to take a
vacation or to
complete my flying
lessons.
{ Sidenote: I once flew in a glider.
Quiet awesomeness.

15. Jennifer is witty,
gracious, and
talented.
{ Don’t you want to be like Jennifer?

16. For dessert, I had a
peach and a plum.
{ yum

17. Edward not only
likes swimming
but diving.
{ THIS ONE IS CORRECT!

18. Phase 2
{

19. Fred wants to play
tennis, practice
clarinet, and date
Rachel.
{ That’s a lot to handle.

20. He jogs to lose
weight, stay
healthy, and have
fun.
{ AS IF jogging could be fun.

21. Mike finds time to
exercise by making a
schedule, staying on
it, and having self-
discipline.
{ What a guy.

22. . . . . bicycle riding
...
{ That’s enough for you, right?

23. The students claimed
to have learned the
ruled, worked the
exercises, and
studied the text.
{ They were lying.

24. My favorite
desserts are . . . .
pumpkin pie with
whipped cream.
{ I’m really not such a fan of pumpkin
pie. It’s just baby food with a crust.

25. Many people fear
snakes on planes.
{

26. The farm was
filled with . . . . the
squealing of pigs.
{ This little piggy went to market.

27. I don’t like movies
that have violence,
profanity, and
scary scenes.
{ It’s true. I really don’t.