Writing Skills: Parallel Structure

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[@MrRamaeri]

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I am really fortunate to have such an informative video on understanding of a parallel structure. Apparently, this is one of the best video ever I watched on you tube.

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[@johnconnor9787]

Great lessons. You explain complex stuff in a very easy way. Also you do not forget even tiny aspects of the topic that you explain. I mean that in one video you cover everything related to the topic and there is no need to search for other videos. When you talk about, for example, present perfect tense, even though I thought I know this topic, I realized that I did not know a lot. And the problem is that nobody else explains all the aspects together. You do, and it is very understandable, convenient and easy to use. Please, make the video about the articles (a, the). I know that there are a whole bunch of videos on youtube about this, and I also think that I know how to use them. However, I there are still questions, that appear when I try to write. For example, in this video you said: "by train, by plane, or by car" If I wrote this, I would definitely have done a mistake and written it like this: "by a train, by a plane, or by a car" Please, make the video about this. I bet many eanglish learners face this problem from time to time, even though this is one of the most fundamental topics. We need your help. Thank you very much. This is a great channel. Please, keep doing this. Thumb up

[@antigoneoedipus7037]

"До смерти учись, до гроба исправляйся." ( Русская пословица ) Thanks a lot, Adam!

[@mariaceciliaromero3062]

This topic is still confuse to me. Could you post another video about it? Thank you very much. Your are an excellent professor.

[@mamdouhyoussif8208]

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[@Lennerucho]

Timestamp: 5:55 In addition to the metabolizes protein part and how it is written. Am I correct to also formulate it in the following manner "... it metabolizes proteins better..." Thanks in advance.

[@malihanasrat1608]

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[@sanguibangui2543]

thank you man it was very useful can you do more exercices please ?

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Congratulations. You are really good Teacher. I am in Brasil (São Paulo state, in a small city of it)

[@learnerlearner2189]

So many thanks. Such nice tips you offer in this video. Thanks a lot for sharing your valuable knowledge with your learners. You are an amazingly great teacher.

[@lilien1107]

it's really complicated, but you have good examples. thax

[@samanshabi1990]

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[@neamaamin6023]

Excellent presentation. It will help me a lot to teach my high-school students. Grateful.

[@dainielmaldo7624]

Neama Amin soo.. yoir a teacher right you should know this without having youtube

[@angie25601]

I will gland to read your comments about the following sentence: to learn how to snowboard requires a lot of practice as well as patience. The anchor is "requires a lot of" and the list is made by two nouns practice and patience

[@EnglishMentor-f8f]

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[@alanfranciscogomezlopez1970]

hello, great video, it has helped me a lot. i´d like you to help me with a question, because i´ve investigated by myself this topic in Internet and and I found some examples that cause me confusion. 1.-They didn’t agree not only about the project but also about the people to involve in it. 2.-Either he wants to swim or he doesn’t want to swim. Why in the second case the subject is written after the conjuction and in the first it does not happen that? i

[@mariamkinen8036]

The to has to go with both. I am in trouble with the comma. Not the text . It is beautiful ;classes don't use , they are ran/conducted. Nice.

[@MsLance22]

Sir at 20:33. Should we not use "in which he concluded that human error was infact to be blamed'' instead of ''human error was infact to blame for the crash?

[@andicar177]

SUPERB TUTORIAL. THANKS!

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Wow.. this was really very helpful sir.. once again thank you so much.

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[@josephlam1519]

There were several of Breakfast that everyone can pick on table, it includes: croissant, Japanese noodle, sandwich and burger. Notice me if I made any mistakes above sentences😊thx!

[@juliawinsa4260]

Thanks for such a terrific and explicatory lesson

[@nicholasdarraugh7626]

Hi teach! What is the appositive you refer to at 20:30? You said ''that piece there'', when you were telling us about ''down''.

[@englishteachermaja9334]

Excellent video! Thank you, Adam.

[@aliceflowers5966]

Very helpful video. Was very useful for my English exam. Thank you so much Adam.

[@yamundamas7240]

Fantastic. Thank you

[@carlosduran6474]

Thank you so much, I had never considered parallel structure in my writing, I will be cognizant of it from now on.

[@TM-yd2kt]

Nice examples are shown. 👍

[@dileepa1901]

Thanks a lot Adam. One of very important things with your videos is lot of examples are there in those; it is really helpful.

[@princethambi87]

I have a doubt guys at 18:26 why he didn't use "to be reached" instead of to reach. Can anyone please help me out?

[@phoenixuep2835]

At 5:36 you said there are comparatives and nouns but increased is not comparative. How does that work?

[@Islam_makes_Peaceful_soul]

All campers are advise to bring mosquito spray as well as a waterproof rain jacket, and to be on time for departure Saturday morning. Here is it possible to use as well as instead of and before comma and S should be capital in Sunday. Is it correct? Do it make sense?

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[@yusufahmed2233]

at 23:10, shouldn't it be "... and they gave a placebo to the third" to match with " ... only gave two of them the drug" ?

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Excellent!

[@suzukikumar7404]

Why it is the word letting not investing plez explain around16:28

[@floru3835]

Excellen video! I understood every thing.

[@thealchemist6858]

Thank you so so much for this lesson, I have a question which makes me confused. My conclusion about 4 sentences is right in terms of grammar ?? 1. I go to school and play football with my friends. ( wrong) ??---> same the fourth sentence?? 2. I go to school , and I play soccer with my friends. (right) ?? 3. I go to school and I play soccer with my friends. ( right) 4. I go to school , and play football with my friends. ( right)??

[@harshadvaidya7920]

Hello Adam, Very nice and informative video However, I want to know how to make use this parallelism while writing emails using business English.

[@fazilpeerally5288]

Hi Adam, I`m truly grateful. Thanks to you for all your video lessons. They are very useful and helpful. You are, in fact, an excellent and experienced English teacher. I hope you don`t mind my asking, but could you help me out of the word " as ". It may introduce adverbial clauses of manner, of degree, of comparison, of reason, of time, and adjectival clauses. Thanking you and looking forward to hearing from you soon. Best regards, Fazil

[@Vietdungvietdung-fm4ty]

Hi Adam, I would like to ask whether the sentence below has parallel structure or not? If yes, is that ok to use " where to begin" instead of " where+ noun" like the first part? "You should have a good idea of where the information you need should be and where to begin looking for it" Looking forward to your answer. Thank you

[@meriemlamani112]

Thanks for all you work sir , I was hoping you would help me in this two sentences : I told John that I could not go but I had good reasons. ..... He was not only kind but also knew when to help people . Thank you

[@meriemlamani112]

Sorry my bed .. The correct sentence is : I told John that I could not go and I had good reasons

[@ccorreaic]

Hi Adam, thank you for your useful videos! I have a question related to the use of the parallel structure with a list of infinitives: You pointed out the example: Jim likes to swim, to cycle, and to play soccer However, I saw that “to” can be used only before the first verb in the sentence, for example: Mary likes to hike, to swim, and to ride a bicycle. Or, Mary likes to hike, swim, and ride a bicycle. (Example from Purdue OWL) Is it always necessary to repeat “to” or can it be dropped in some cases? Thanks for your help.

[@pvxmovies9611]

You can chose to repeat it all through or write it before the first item of the list. However, i prefer to write before the first item of the list. Both are acceptable.

[@dashrathparekh303]

Excellent work, especially hepls for people who belongs to third nations, because classes just makes profit here not anything else.

[@vicbuk2718]

Thank you so very much for your commitment and great explanation. ("For" is the anchor for "commitment" and "great explanation", right?) :)

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[@techymoh]

Hi Adam! I'm enjoying learning with your videos. Thanks for that. Actually, I am confused about a sentence that I have taken from 'Ted talks' that is ' this hour, Ted speakers on how genes and experience collaborate - and compete - to make us who we are.' I'm quite unsure of whether or not it is right. I could find no main verb in it. Please assist me. Thanks in advance!

[@rafialam8802]

Dear Sir, thanks for your inclusive lessons. Can I rewrite the last example by introducing an anchor to make it parallel as such "The experiment was conducted on three separate groups, but the doctors only gave the drugs to two of them and a placebo to the third". Is it grammatically correct and parallel by the anchor gave?? please help me.

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[@echowhiskey1368]

Hi, Adam, appreciate the extremely useful lessons that you gave. I confused a little bit here, though. The last example, you said there is no anchor, but I thought the anchor was at the 2nd clause: the doctors gave(the doctors and they are the same ones?). Therefore, I thought it should've been: but the doctors only gave the drug(s?) to two of them and a placebo to the third. Or, the doctors only gave two of them the drug(no s?) and the third a placebo. Please kindly advise, thanks.

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Really helpful

[@sidraofthestars]

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[@samiramagalhaes4492]

Great explanation!

[@kalasmalsar720]

Advertisements provide a multitude of pros to the viewers, understanding of goods being laughed, being aware of genuine goods, and acquiring employeement from advertisement industry. Can please can someone tell that is good paralism structure?

[@jatinnagar5138]

Hi Adam: Is it right to use "more than one tense in a sentence"? For example: I have analyzed the report, but I did not find it useful. I am not sure whether this sentence is correct or not. I would appreciate if you clarify this in one of your lesson.

[@David-nu2wm]

Hi Jatin, It's absolutely OK to have two clauses in one sentence e.g. with "pronoun + verb" as long as you join the clauses with conjunctions (or semi-colon ";"). However, beware of so-called comma splices. Check out this video at engvid: www.engvid.com/comma-splices/

[@waytofall83]

anchor is subject? or i don't understand it.

[@learnerlearner2189]

Dear teacher, I have seen this amazing video several times, it is amazingly great and useful topic for English learners. Can I ask a question?#1 is my original sentences. can I have #2 and #3? or not? why? 1) "Air pollution may come either from the ocean as natural contaminants given off by sea life or from the internal combustion engines of automobile." 2) "Air pollution may come from either the ocean as natural contaminants given off by sea life or the internal combustion engines of automobile." 3) "Air pollution may either come from the ocean as natural contaminants given off by sea life or come from the internal combustion engines of automobile."

[@learnerlearner2189]

Thanks for replies. but your explanation was a bit confusing. I understand the the first two lines but the rest of them was confusing.

[@learnerlearner2189]

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Given the shortcomings of the managerial expertise of GVC firms and their inabilities to deal with information asymmetries, I conjecture that high-tech ventures are not the concern of public servants....... sir is this sentence grammatically correct?

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Very helpful. Gracias

[@lakhvindersingh9815]

WheatherThese structures are to be beneficial for IELTS 2 ? Dear adam please reply

[@chongc2683]

Hi Adam, thank you for the informative lesson. I am still confused with recognizing the anchor: 1) "He is good at playing baseball, basketball and analyzing a football match." Is my sentence considered correct if I use 2 anchors here: good at (playing and analyzing) and playing (baseball and basketball) 2) "Amy brushed her hair, freshened her lip gloss, and took deep breaths, trying to work up the courage to..." If I interpret Amy as the anchor, then "brushed, freshened and took" and "trying" are different verb form, then the sentence becomes wrong. Where did I get wrong? Thank you

[@chongc2683]

Thank you, I understand now. Is this sentence parallel? 'Teachers serve as inspring role models for the students, living and embodying value they teach'

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[@moderndayhighpriestess]

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[@shivamraj710]

Very interesting and instructive lesson, Adam. Sir, could you please tell me whether I have applied parallel structure or not in the following sentence. "Tim was considered to be a good employee because he was never late, was very motivated and was not lacking in initiative."

[@shivamraj710]

Write to Top Thanks very much for your reply, Sir. Could you please tell me what is the tense in " he was never late". I can tell by the ed form that in "he was very motivated", the tense is simple past. So do we have to maintain V2 form of the verb throughout the sentence?

[@munirmaxamed4714]

hi adam are you have test or quiz about parallel structure

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[@mroshany1281]

Great, tnx

[@ayata.badereldein1038]

In my opinion what can be expected is a change of the teachers’ role, but not their disappearance from the classroom. could i consider the second statement here wrong as it should be "but not a disappearance of them from the classroom" ...am i correct in the way i think ?

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Thank you Adam

[@shivamraj710]

Hi Adam! It was very informative and useful. Could you please tell me if I have used parallel structure correctly and my sentence is grammatically correct or not. "His infatuation with Gaveston makes him insult the Bishop of Coventry and demote him to the rank of a chaplain to make him serve as Gaveston's subordinate which later became the cause of his ruin".

[@shivamraj710]

Write to Top Thank you so much for responding, Sir. I really appreciate it. All the "his" except the one right after demote refers to King Edward 2. Sir, I am confused regarding the tense of "became" because as a writer I know that these are past events, and I know the outcome of every action. So, in that respect can't I use that it "later became the cause of his ruin". Could you please correct the sentence as well.