Cohesion and parallel structures
Objective: Create coherent discourse through controlled substitution, ellipsis and parallelism.
Explanation
Parallel structures clarify relationships between ideas, while ellipsis prevents unnecessary repetition.
Examples
- The policy aims both to reduce costs and to improve access.
- The first interpretation was rejected; the second was not.
Practice
Choose the correct answer.
Choose the sentence with correct parallelism.
Practice
Choose the correct answer.
The first explanation was accepted, but the second ___.
Practice
Choose the correct answer.
What matters is not whether the change is popular, but whether it ___.