| IPARALLELISM STRATEGY Donotbea superficial paraloisn! ‘When you see a form of the verb to be (or any other verb of being), be sure thatthe two sides ofthe verb are parallel. For example: “The flower bouquet WAS the husband’s giving of love to his wife. “The two sidos ofthe being verb was are Nower bouquet and husband’s giving of love ‘These two sides are not structurally parallel. In order to achieve parallelism, we can rewrite the sentence replacing giving with the noun gift, so thatthe two sides ofthe being verb are structurally similar ‘The flower bouquet WAS the husband's loving gift to his wife. In addition o being structurally parallel, you must also ensure thatthe two sides of the being verb are parallel in meaning. For example: ‘The attitudes of that politician always SEEM TO BE attacking the poor. “The two sides of the being verb phrase seem to be are attitudes and attacking the poor. However, attitudes do not attack, so the two sides of the sentence are not parallel in that they do not match up in revwite the sentence so thatthe poli aning. In order to achieve parallel meaning, we can ician himselFis doing the attacking. ‘Because of his intolerant attitude, that politician always SEEMS TO BE attacking the poor. so ee $$