Which sentence is parallel and which is not parallel.
1. Einstein liked doing mathemathical research more than to supervise a large laboratory.
2.While wrapping the gifts, I noticed that murray, my pet terrier, kept trying to untie the bow.
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One is clearly fine, and one is clearly off! Which is which?
Which sentence is parallel and which is not?
1. Sports fan may disagree about whether going to baseball games or to watch football is more fun, but few people can ignore the importance of sports in America.
2. Some sports fans argue endlessly and with anger about whether football or baseball is truly the American past time.
Which sentence contains a misplace and dangling modifier.
1. Determined, Christy Haubegger planned to publish a bilingual magazine for hispanic women.
2.All bundled up in a blanket, the baby outing was a brief one.
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To determine if a sentence is parallel, we need to look for similar grammatical structures or patterns. Let's analyze the given sentences:
1. Einstein liked doing mathematical research more than to supervise a large laboratory.
In this sentence, we have two actions being compared: "liking doing mathematical research" and "liking to supervise a large laboratory." These actions are not parallel because the first action is expressed in the form of a gerund (liking + doing), while the second action is expressed using the infinitive "to supervise." To make it parallel, we can rephrase it as:
"Einstein liked doing mathematical research more than supervising a large laboratory."
Now both actions are expressed using gerunds, making the sentence parallel.
2. While wrapping the gifts, I noticed that Murray, my pet terrier, kept trying to untie the bow.
In this sentence, there are no actions being compared or contrasted, so the concept of parallelism does not apply here. It is a complex sentence with a dependent clause ("While wrapping the gifts") and an independent clause ("I noticed that Murray..."). The sentence is grammatically correct as it is.