Exercise 19 Test Your Parallel Structure with Coordinate Conjuctions

Exercise 19: Each of the following sentences contains words or groups of words that should be parallel. Circle the word or words that indicate that the sentence should have parallel parts. Underline the parts that should be parallel. Then indicate if each sentence is correct (C) or incorrect (I).
1. She held jobs as a typist, a housekeeper, and in a restaurant. (...)
2. The report you are looking for could be in the file or on the desk. (...)
3. He was angry not at what you said but your manner. (...)
4. The speaker introduced himself, told several interesting anecdotes, and he finished with an emotional plea.

Skill 19 Use Parallel Structure With Coordinate Conjunctions

The job of the coordinate conjunctions (and, but, or) is to join together equal expressions. In other words, what is on one side of these words must be parallel to what is on the other side. These conjunctions can join nouns, or verbs, or adjectives, or phrases, or subordinate clauses, or main clauses; they must join together two of the same thing. Here are examples of two nouns joined by a coordinate conjunction: