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Example: Jemera takes Alex to daycare and then goes to work. [ The sentence uses coordinating conjunction ] A coordinating conjuction is and, but, for, nor, or, so, or yet are use for paired items.
Example: Jemera takes Alex to daycare and then goes to work. [ The sentence uses coordinating conjunction ] A coordinating conjuction is and, but, for, nor, or, so, or yet are use for paired items.


A Writer's Reference by, Diana Hacker writes  parallel as two or more ideas, that are easier to grasp when expressed in parallel grammatical form.
Parallel as two or more ideas, that are easier to grasp when expressed in parallel grammatical form.  
Example:  
Example:  
Paired ideas are usually connected in one of these ways
Paired ideas are usually connected in one of these ways
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---- with a pair of correlative conjuction such as either...or or not only... but also
---- with a pair of correlative conjuction such as either...or or not only... but also


----with a word introducing a comparion, usually than or as
----with a word introducing a comparion, usually than or as (Hacker 81-83)


In the book of The New Century HandBook by, Christine A. Hult and Thomas N.Huckin  suggests that parallelism is the words and phrases that are linked by the coordinating conjunctions and, but, or, or nor often are parallel in content. [In such cases they should be parallel in form.]
In the book of The New Century HandBook by, Christine A. Hult and Thomas N.Huckin  suggests that parallelism is the words and phrases that are linked by the coordinating conjunctions and, but, or, or nor often are parallel in content. [In such cases they should be parallel in form.]


http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/grammar/g_parallel.html will give you definition of parallelism, accompanied by examples and proofreding strategies.
== Works Cited ==


 
Hacker,Diana. "A Writer's Reference."fifth Edition. Massachusetts:Boston,2003.
In addiction a comparison or contrast involves two statements or terms that are seen as somehow equivent;
indeed, it is this equivalence that allows them to be compared.
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