Monday, March 31, 2014

Parallelism- English Grammar For Bank & Competitive Exams Preparation

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Parallelism- English Grammar

parallelism, also known as parallel structure or parallel construction, is a balance within one or more sentences of similar phrases or clauses that have the same grammatical structure. Parallelism improves writing style and readability, and is thought to make sentences easier to process.

so who is joining the structure and hey what is parallelism in easy terms ? and how could it helps us in to government bank examinations? or in competitive exams?

Parallelism- English Grammar Examples

lets says if we want to join the two sentences like below examples.
he likes blogging
he likes singing
he likes dating
so in parallelism we gonna write he likes blogging, singing, and dating.

factors that joins  the parallel sentences

so what are the factors that joins  the parallel sentences?

  • and 
  • but 
  • as 
  • or
  • then
  • although
we can use parallelism in to nouns, gerunds, adjectives, and in tenses. meanwhile previous sentence also a parallelism. lets see below examples.



        And 
            He enjoyed the Dandiya of Gujarat  and  the Bhangra  of  Punjab

        But 
            That Circulation  form is not active, but passive (Adj)

        As 
            Scoring a big score against fast bowler is as hard as against spin bowlers

        Or 
            Mila wants to work a bold role or a lust role in her next movie

See the below Examples of Parallelism Correction. 


☓ Abhishek had bought a Cake, found a Knife, and choose a Place  for Party before Aish  arrived.
✔ Abhishek had bought a Cake, found a Knife, and chosen a Place  for Party before Aish  arrived.

☓  Mary likes to hike, to swim, and bicycling
✔  Mary likes to hike, to swim, and to ride a bicycle.

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