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Parallelism

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    Students have fun fixing sentences to achieve parallelism.
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  • Is there a parallelism problem in this sentence: The yeti is described as a huge creature, said to have long brown hair, and is thought to live in the Himalayas.
    Yes: is said to have...
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  • Is there a parallelism problem in this sentence: According to historical records, the American outlaw Billy the Kid was known as a fearless gunfighter, was hunted by the law, and killed in a gunfight.
    Yes: and was killed in a gunfight.
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  • Is there a parallelism problem in this sentence: Anthropologists speculate that the Anasazi might have been attacked by unfriendly tribes, decimated by crop failures, or drought might have driven them away.
    Yes: might have been decimated
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