College Composition / Unit 6 CMP 0134 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Parallel Clauses and Phrases
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The idea
Parallelism applies to longer units as well: phrases should match phrases and clauses should match clauses.
In practice
"Activists, who support the plan, and ranchers and people who are opposed" is unbalanced; "activists, who support the plan, and ranchers, who oppose it" pairs two who clauses.
Where people slip
When one side of a pair has a clause, give the other side one too.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
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