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Parallel ideas must be presented in parallel grammatical form. Parallel grammatical form means that each
part of a sentence uses the same grammatical structure.
Now, the series has parallel elements (running, hiking and camping are all in the same form.
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Example 4:
X This paper will address No Child Left Behind, how to teach effectively, and instructing with
multimedia aids.
This paper will address No Child Left Behind benchmarks, effective teaching strategies, and
multimedia instructional aids.
Now, the series has parallel elements (benchmarks, strategies, and aids are all plural nouns.
Example 5:
X The students were unprepared, poorly behaved, and disrupted the class.
The students were underprepared, poorly behaved, and disruptive.
Now, the series has parallel elements (underprepared, behaved, and disruptive are all adjectives.