Writing Academic English 4th Edition

Parallelism
with
Correlati"Ve
(Paired)
Conjunctions

PRACTICEI

Parallelism

Chaptern I UsingParallelStructuresandFixingSentenceProblems 181

Useparallelformswiththepairedconjunctionsboth...and, either... or,

neither...nor,andnotonly...butalso.

Pairedconjunctionsareplaceddirectlybeforetheelementstheyjoininthesen-

tence.Noticetheparallelstructuresintheseclausesjoinedbypairedconjunctions:

A newlawprovidesthemeansforbothregulatingpesticidesandorderingtheir

removalif theyaredangerous.

Airpollutantsmaycomeeitherfromtheoceanasnaturalcontaminantsgivenoff

bysealifeorfromtheinternalcombustionenginesofautomobiles.

Ifneitherindustrynorthepublicworkstowardreducingpollutionproblems,

futuregenerationswillsuffer.

Manypeopleareneitherconcernedaboutpollutantsnorworriedabouttheir

futureimpact.

Atthepresenttime,airpollutioniscontrolledthroughlawspassednotonlyto

reducethepollutantsattheirsourcesbutalsotosetupacceptablestandardsof

airquality.

A. Twoormoreitemsineachofthefollowingsentencesarewritteninparallel

grammaticalform.Underlinetheitemsorideasthatareparallel,andcirclethe

wordorwordsthatconnecttheparallelstructures.Thefirstonehasbeendone

foryouasanexample.

1. Anidealenvironmentforstudyingincludesgoodlighting,a spaciousdesk,
   ~a comfortablechair.


2. Youknowyouaretrulyfluentinanotherlanguagewhenyoucancalculate
   init andwhenyoubegintodreaminit.


3. Peopleoftenspendasmuchtimeworryingaboutthefutureasplanning
   forit.


4. Youcanlearna secondlanguageintheclassr<:>.om,athome,orina
   countrywherethelanguageis spoken.
   5.Mynewpersonalcomputeris bothfastandreliable.


5. MyoIdtypewriteris neitherfastnorrelillble.
   7.Annis growingolderbutunfortunatelynotwiser.
   8. Youngpeoplebuycomputersnotonlytodoschoolworkbutalsotoplay
   games.
   9. Ifindustrialnationscontinuetobumfossilfuelsandifdevelopingnations
   continuetobumtheirrainforests,thelevelofCO 2 intheatmospherewill
   continuetoincrease.
   10.Beforethejudgeannouncedthepunishment,heaskedthemurdererifhe
   wantedtospeakeithertothevictim'sfamilyortothejury.
   11.Thecriminalneitheradmittedguilt noraskedforforgivenessbeforehe
   wassenttoprison.