REVIEW
These are the important points in the second half
of
this chapter:
1. Parallelism
Lists of items joined by coordinating conjunctions and correlative conjunctions must be parallel in structure. The same is true of
contracts and comparisons of items. If the first item is noun, make all of the others clauses.
Not Parallel
Parallel
I enjoy snow skiing in the winter an
waterski summers.
I enjoy snow skiing in the winter and
waterskiing in the summer.
My grandmother not only speaks four
languages but also she understand six
My grandmother not only speaks
four
languages but also understands six.
2. Sentence Problems
The four main kids of problem sentences that students may write are fragments, run-ons, comma splice, and choppy and stringy sentences.
Fragments are incomplete sentences.
Fragments:
The subject that I enjoyed
the most in high school.
Corrected:
The subject that I enjoyed
the most in high school was physics.
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