College Composition / Unit 6 CMP 0133 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Parallelism in Lists
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The idea
Every item in a list should take the same grammatical form.
In practice
"Exercises include crunches, leg lifts, and when you do push-ups" breaks the pattern; "crunches, leg lifts and push-ups" keeps three nouns.
Where people slip
Check the last item in a list; it is the one that most often changes form.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
Builds on
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