don ’ t change horses in midstream! (it ’ s very awkward)
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Don’t change
horses in midstream!
(It’s very awkward)
A short lesson on parallel construction.
Changing horses in mid-sentence looks like this:
playing Scrabble = gerund phrasereading zombie books = gerund phrase
Indian food = noun
I enjoy playing Scrabble, reading zombie books, and
Indian food.
See the problem?
I enjoy , , and .
Here’s the fix:
I enjoy playing Scrabble, reading zombie books, and eating Indian food.
I enjoy , , and .
playing Scrabble = gerund phrasereading zombie books = gerund
phraseeating Indian food = gerund phrase
What about this?
A.J. swung the bat and the ball was hit out of the park.
A.J. swung the bat = active voicethe ball was hit out of the park = passive
voice
How can you fix it?
Bingo!A.J. swung the bat and hit the ball
out of the park.
swung the bat = active voicehit the ball = active voice
Notice the tense of each verb!
homework = complete the parallel construction worksheet
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