Comments on: #TuesdayTutorial: Using Parallel Structures

By: Ben Joel

Ben Joel — Tue, 13 Feb 2018 04:26:53 +0000

I thought this video was very helpful for our Analysis assignment. Parallel structure is a very important thing when you stop to think about it. Using proper parallel structure will help make my Analysis assignment look more professional. I think it is most important for the reader. If your sentence structure does not follow the same grammatical form, it can trip the reader up when he or she is going through your document. You should want to make your sentences as easy to read for the reader as possible.

By: Yibo Xu

Yibo Xu — Sun, 11 Feb 2018 23:12:38 +0000

This is the first time that I heard something called parallel structures. After I watched this video, I found it’s really helpful to write a paper in parallel structure. It makes things go more smooth and get more logic for readers to read. It’s just hard to understand a topic when the writing is poor and is mixed with things, that kind of articles are not organized. The parallel structure seems a good cure for me in the future to fix my own problem about the logic and the main point of my sentences. When I’m writing papers, it’s just ease to lose the topic that I’v been focus on and have some mixed grammar. It’s very helpful for me, I will definitely pay more attentions on the structure representing.

By: Jack Hesse

Jack Hesse — Fri, 09 Feb 2018 20:13:30 +0000

I though that this video was very helpful in clarifying what parallel structures and displayed how much of a difference it has on the flow of the sentence. Parallel structures was not covered very much in my previous classes, and this video helped me have a better understanding of it. This will help me with making longer sentences sound smoother and in making my writing more clear. The examples in this video really helped in showing what influences parallel structure and the difference between a sentence with good parallel structure and one without it.

By: Faizal Zulkifli

Faizal Zulkifli — Fri, 09 Feb 2018 07:10:29 +0000

I really liked the video as it shows a topic that I always gave little attention which is parallel structures whether in a sentence or bullet lists. It is not the matter of whether it sounds right or wrong but more on how to make our writing seems more structured to the reader’s eyes. We as a writer do not want our readers to get lost in understanding our writings especially in a table form as each data presented needs to stand out and in order to do that is by applying the parallel structures. This would definitely help me a lot for my upcoming assignment about doing the analysis of writing in my field as I will be presenting a lot of data for this assignment so surely I need to try having parallel structures in it.

By: Katie Cox

Katie Cox — Thu, 08 Feb 2018 19:48:27 +0000

I’ve never heard of parallel structures in writing before, so this was an interesting video to watch. Sure, for the SAT I had to know parallel structures were the right answer, but I did it based on what sounded the best, not because I consciously looked to make the adverbs agree with each other. In all of my writing and history classes, this has never been discussed. But after watching the video, I realized the importance of making sure your sentences are in parallel, so perhaps I will bring that up next time I’m in a relevant class–and I’ll know the proper term! However, I did find that some of the example sentences, especially the one about Ted & Ellie, didn’t necessarily sound bad when I read them. If it isn’t incorrect but doesn’t sound bad, does it still need to be changed?

By: Daniel Ott

Daniel Ott — Thu, 08 Feb 2018 10:06:18 +0000

I was a little bit confused as to what parallel structures entailed before I had read this post. No one has ever mentioned this sort of writing technique to me in the past. However, it makes perfect sense to organize my writing in this way. I feel as though people naturally tend to do this, but could easily make a mistake if they are not paying attention to their writing. I think people naturally do this because it makes writing sound less awkward. It could be a good idea to read things out loud if you are not sure your writing is parallel. This video also did a good job of describing what parallel structures are, and gave some good examples to explain it further.

By: Casey

Casey — Thu, 08 Feb 2018 01:25:54 +0000

The example in the video for noun clauses seems to completely change the meaning of the sentence while converting it to a parallel structure.

“When Ted saw Ellie’s recommendation, he asked to see what secondary research she had collected and her primary survey results,” seems to mean that Ted wants to read secondary sources of information that Ellie had found and Ellie’s analysis of survey data.

“When Ted saw Ellie’s recommendation, he asked to see what secondary research she had collected and how she had collected her primary survey results,” seems to mean that Ted wants to read secondary sources of information that Ellie had found and details about Ellie’s survey data collection methodology.

I think a better way to convert this to parallel structure while retaining the original meaning is: “When Ted saw Ellie’s recommendation, he asked to see the secondary research she had collected and her primary survey results.”

By: Rachel Cannon

Rachel Cannon — Wed, 07 Feb 2018 19:58:28 +0000

The video clarified what parallel structures meant and I could see the difference in conveying information through unparallel and parallel structures. I think I usually try to write in a concise manner, rather than considering parallel structures. This helped in showing all the different ways you can change sentences to make them parallel.

By: Youngsu Kim

Youngsu Kim — Wed, 07 Feb 2018 19:16:07 +0000

I think the video was very helpful and informative. After watching the video, I realized how my writings looked like to professors because I never cared about the parallel structure when writing. The parallel structure makes sentences or paragraphs easy to read and understand, and especially look organized. The knowledge I gained from this article and video would be definitely useful when writing.I will try to write the next project applying what I just learned.

By: Ben White

Ben White — Wed, 07 Feb 2018 16:46:10 +0000

I have never heard about parallel structures before but I have actually looked through sentences to ensure I was using it. I always thought that making everything in my sentence similar just sounded better. I had no idea that it was the proper way to write. Using parallel structure allows sentences to flow better. It is the kind of mistake that is hard to point out, but it is obvious that there is one.