{"id":275623,"date":"2025-07-30T01:08:54","date_gmt":"2025-07-30T01:08:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/learnexams.com\/blog\/?p=275623"},"modified":"2025-07-30T01:08:58","modified_gmt":"2025-07-30T01:08:58","slug":"choose-the-sentence-that-uses-parallel-structure-correctly-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/2025\/07\/30\/choose-the-sentence-that-uses-parallel-structure-correctly-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Choose the sentence that uses parallel structure correctly."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-1163.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-275624\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-ast-global-color-1-color\">The Correct Answer and Explanation is:<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Based on the image provided, the correct answer is&nbsp;<strong>B<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Explanation:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Parallel structure, or parallelism, is a grammatical principle that requires elements in a sentence that are alike in function to also be alike in construction. This means that words, phrases, or clauses joined in a series or by a coordinating or correlative conjunction should follow the same grammatical pattern. This creates rhythm and clarity in writing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The correct sentence is&nbsp;<strong>B. Neither my mother nor my father can watch my game.<\/strong>&nbsp;This sentence uses the correlative conjunctions &#8220;neither&#8230;nor&#8221; to connect two grammatically identical elements. The element following &#8220;neither&#8221; is the noun phrase &#8220;my mother,&#8221; and the element following &#8220;nor&#8221; is the noun phrase &#8220;my father.&#8221; Since both parts are noun phrases, the structure is perfectly parallel. The sentence correctly links two subjects of the same type.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Let&#8217;s analyze why the other options are incorrect:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>A. He either decided to run the race or volunteer.<\/strong>\u00a0This sentence lacks parallel structure. &#8220;Either&#8221; is followed by the verb phrase &#8220;decided to run the race,&#8221; while &#8220;or&#8221; is followed only by the verb &#8220;volunteer.&#8221; To make it parallel, the sentence should be rewritten as, &#8220;He decided either to run the race or to volunteer&#8221; or &#8220;He either ran the race or volunteered.&#8221;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>C. Not only is she cutting her hair, but also coloring it.<\/strong>\u00a0This is also incorrect. The phrase &#8220;not only&#8221; is followed by an inverted clause, &#8220;is she cutting her hair.&#8221; The phrase &#8220;but also&#8221; is followed by a gerund phrase, &#8220;coloring it.&#8221; These two structures do not match. A correct parallel version would be, &#8220;She is not only cutting her hair but also coloring it.&#8221;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>D. I am not only baking cookies but also brownies.<\/strong>\u00a0This sentence is not parallel because &#8220;not only&#8221; is followed by the action &#8220;baking cookies&#8221; (a verb plus its object), while &#8220;but also&#8221; is followed only by the noun &#8220;brownies.&#8221; The comparison is unbalanced. The correct parallel form would place &#8220;not only&#8221; before the items being compared: &#8220;I am baking not only cookies but also brownies.&#8221; Here, two nouns, &#8220;cookies&#8221; and &#8220;brownies,&#8221; are correctly paired.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/learnexams-banner6-2493.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-275625\"\/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Correct Answer and Explanation is: Based on the image provided, the correct answer is&nbsp;B. Explanation: Parallel structure, or parallelism, is a grammatical principle that requires elements in a sentence that are alike in function to also be alike in construction. 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