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Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Parallel structure is a method of writing in which ____
A
similar elements are expressed in a consistent way or pattern
B
all elements are numbered or categorized with capital letters
C
only short paragraphs are used
D
all paragraphs align at the left margin
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Parallel structure means using the same pattern of words to show that two or more ideas have the same level of importance. This can happen at the word, phrase, or clause level. The usual way to join parallel structures is with the use of coordinating conjunctions such as “and” or “or."

Detailed explanation-2: -Parallel structure (also called parallelism) is the repetition of a chosen grammatical form within a sentence. By making each compared item or idea in your sentence follow the same grammatical pattern, you create a parallel construction.

Detailed explanation-3: -Parallelism is a similarity of grammatical form for similar elements of meaning within a sentence or among sentences. If two or more ideas are parallel, they should be expressed in parallel grammatical form.

Detailed explanation-4: -Parallel sentence elements in grammar are just like parallel lines in geometry: they face the same direction and never meet.

Detailed explanation-5: -Parallel structure means that coordinate parts of a sentence, such as items in a series or list, have the same grammatical form. Items in a series must be all nouns, all verbs, or all participles, and so on.

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