Cohesion & Style · writing
Parallel Structure
التوازي في التركيب
Keep coordinated grammatical structures in the same form.
Key points
Example
- • Verb + verb + verb
- • Gerund + gerund + gerund
- • Noun + noun + noun
- • Do not mix infinitives, gerunds and noun phrases without reason.
في التوازي يجب أن تكون العناصر المتساوية في المعنى متساوية في الصيغة النحوية أيضاً.
Examples
- • Correct: The course helps students read faster, write clearly, and speak confidently.
- • Correct: The role involves analysing data, preparing reports, and presenting findings.
- • Incorrect: The job requires analysing data, to prepare reports, and presentation skills.
Practice
Quick check
- 1. Choose the sentence with correct parallel structure: A. The programme aims to improve accuracy, increasing speed, and reduce errors. B. The programme aims to improve accuracy, increase speed, and reduce errors. C. The programme aims at improving accuracy, to increase speed, and reducing errors. D. The programme aims to improving accuracy, increase speed, and error reduction.