Great writers ask themselves whether they have expressed their thoughts clearly and effectively in their writing and whether readers will be able to understand the writing as intended by the writers.

IN the first five parts of this series, we reviewed the various ways of achieving parallelism when constructing sentences. We saw how using the same function words can match and balance the clauses ...

Fifty years later, president-elect Barack Obama opens his victory speech with these words: “If there is anyone out there who still doubts that America is a place where all things are possible; who ...

In English grammar, the concept of parallelism demands that there must be a balance in the structures of the words, phrases or clauses we use in a sentence. Such balance ensures clarity, fluidity in ...

PARALLEL construction is one of the most powerful tools for organizing and presenting ideas in writing. Indeed, it cannot be overemphasized that making sentences grammatically and semantically correct ...

“The world will little note nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what happened here.” Changing just a few words in this memorable sentence from Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg ...