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Chapte,on IUsingParallelStructuresandFixingSentenceProblems 191

Manystudentsattendclassesallmorning,andthentheyworkallafternoon,and

theyalsohavetostudyatnight,sotheyareusuallyexhaustedbytheweekend.

Manystudentsattendclassesallmorningandworkallafternoon.Sincetheyalso

havetostudyatnight,theyareusuallyexhaustedbytheweekend.

OR

Becausemanystudentsattendclassesallmorning,workallafternoon,andstudy

atnight,theyareusuallyexhaustedbytheweekend.

Improvethesestringysentences.

1. Heenrolledinanintermediatecalculusclass,buthefoundit tooeasy,so
   hedroppedit,andhesignedupfortheadvancedclass.

2.First-bornchildrenina familyoftenhavemoreresponsibilitythantheir

youngersiblings,andtheyfeelpressuretoseta goodexample,sothey

oftenbecomesuperachievers.

3. Last-bornchildren,ontheotherhand,oftenhavelittleresponsibility,andthey
   maybepamperedasthe"baby"ofthefamily,buttheyarethesmallest,and
   theyhavetogetpeopletolikethem,sotheyoftendevelopsuperiorsocialskills.


4. Thestudentsinmyengineeringclasscouldnotdothehomework,sowegot
   togetherandworkedforseveralhours,andwefinallysolvedalltheproblems.


5. Thelackofrainfallhascauseda severewatershortage,sopeoplehaveto
   conservewatereveryday,andtheyalsohavetothinkofnewwaystoreuse
   water,butthesituationisimproving.

Thesearetheimportantpointscoveredinthischapter.

1. Parallelism
   Twoormoreitemsjoinedbycoordinatingconjunctionsandpairedconjunctions
   mustbeparallelinstructure.Thesameis trueofcontrastsandcomparisonsofitems.
   Ifthefirstitemis a noun,makeallothersnouns; ifit isa phrase,makeallthe
   othersphrases;ifit isa clause,makealltheothersclauses.