Parallelism Rules
কোন Sentence এ একই parts of speech একাধিকবার ব্যবহৃত হলে এরা same form, same structure, same tense এ হয়। একই form, structure এবং tense অনুসরণ করাকে parallelism বলে।
সাধারণত নিচের Conjunctions গুলোর ক্ষেত্রে parallelism এর ব্যবহার হয়ে থাকে। conjunction গুলোর এক পাশে noun বা adjective কিংবা infinitive / gerund থাকলে অপর পাশে noun বা adjective কিংবা infinitive / gerund বসে।
Either ------------- or ----------------
Neither ------------ nor -----------
Not only -------- but also ------
Both ----------- and ---------
-------and-------
---------,------------------- and------
-----or------
-------, ------ or------
-----as well as----
----but-----
Example :
❌Incorrect: Resita likes to read, sing and playing.
Correct: Resita likes to read, to sing and to play.
Or
Correct: Resita likes reading, singing and playing.
❌Incorrect: Peter is rich, handsome and many people like him.
[Adjective + Adjective + clause]
Correct: Peter is rich, handsome and popular.
[Adjective +Adjective + Adjective]
❌Incorrect: Mr. Henry is a lawyer, a politician and he teaches. [Noun + Noun + clause]
Correct: Mr. Henry is a lawyer, a politician and a teacher. [Noun + Noun + Noun]
❌Incorrect: The soldiers approached the enemy camp slowly and silent. [Adverb + adjective]
Correct: The soldiers approached the enemy camp slowly and silently. [Adverb + adverb]
❌Incorrect: she loves to fish, swim and surfing. [Infinite + simple form + verb-ing]
Correct: she loves to fish, to swim and to surf. [Infinitive + Infinitive + Infinitive]
Or
She loves fishing, swimming and surfing. [verb-ing + verb-ing + verb-ing]
❌Incorrect : when teenagers finish high school, they have several choices: going to college, getting a job, or the army. [Verb-noun + Verb-noun + noun]
Correct: when teenagers finish high school, they have several choices: going to college, getting a job or joining the army. [Verb-noun + Verb-noun + Verb-noun]
❌Incorrect: Enrique entered the room, sat down, and is opening his book. [Past + Past + Present continuous]
Correct: Enrique entered the room, sat down and is opened his book. [Past + Past + Past]
Note:
Unparallel sentence = incorrect sentence
সকল unparallel sentence ই incorrect.
