1. I enjoy football, soccer, and to play basketball.

Correction: I enjoy football, soccer, and basketball.

OR

I enjoy playing football, soccer, and basketball.

2. Mary likes hiking, swimming, and to run.

Correction: Mary likes hiking, swimming, and running.

OR

Mary likes to hike, swim, and run.

3. We decided to wash the car, to repair the fender, and get the oil changed.

Correction:We decided to wash the car, to repair the fender, and to change the oil.ORWe decided to wash the car, repair the fender, and change the oil.

What does the term PARALLEL mean? Equal, the same, in the same direction.

Just as numbers can be parallel in Math, words can be parallel in English.

Can you tell me how words can be parallel?

Parallel Structure NotesA.K.A. Parallelism

Definition of Parallelism

Creates balance in a sentence using the same part of speech to express an idea.

Balance nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, phrases, and clauses.

Fix this sentence that contains faulty parallelism

1. She likes to listen to music and reading the latest novels.

Correction: She likes to listen to music and read the

latest novels.OR

She likes listening to music and reading the latest novels.

Fix this sentence that contains faulty parallelism

2. My son wants to be either a fireman or fly planes.

Correction: My son wants to be either a fireman or a

pilot.OR

My son wants to either fight fires or fly planes.