Can you help me understand the usage of parallel structure?
Hi, I’ve got some problems in deciding when to use commas and parallel structure. For example:
John wanted to be an engineer, firefighter, or policeman.
John wanted to be a engineer, a firefighter, or a policeman.
Which one of these is right and why? I wrote both of those out, so they could actually be both wrong.
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The second one is correct. ( an engineer) Parallelism is a pretty big topic, so I suggest you go to the following site which gives excellent English grammar info. This link should take you straight to parallelism.
http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/parallelism.htm
It’s great that you are thinking carefully about your writing style.
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