Question

Which sentence uses parallelism? A. By working, playing, and dreaming together, we can build a better neighborhood. B. To clean up our open areas and having neighborhood potlucks would be a good start. C. There is strength in numbers and working together. D. Our major problems include worn-out roads, missing signs, and throwing trash everywhere.

Answer 1

A. by working, playing, and dreaming together, we can build a better neighborhood

Answer 2

The correct option is A. By working, playing, and dreaming together, we can buid a better neighborhood.

Parallelism is a grammatical term that implies that words, phrases or clauses are arranged using the same grammatical structure. In this case, "working, playing and dreaming" are parallel because all of the verbs are used with the same grammatical structure.

In the other options, there is always one phrase that does not coincide with the rest. In B, for example, "clean up" and "having" do not structurally coincide.