Return-Path: <nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id gBCGokX10903; Thu, 12 Dec 2002 11:50:46 -0500 (EST) Date: Thu, 12 Dec 2002 11:50:46 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <005401c2a1fe$258910a0$2bdc85d0@5a2e4> Errors-To: listowner@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: "Barbara Dorsett" <barbsesl@worldpath.net> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-ESL:8376] Re: Grammar question X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2615.200 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; Status: O Content-Length: 1305 Lines: 35 Lorraine: In my opinion, that sentence DOES have correct parallelism, because "enjoy" takes verbs in the gerund form, and you have those forms in each object of the sentence: snow skiing, going, and water skiing. It's just that the student doesn't "see" it that way. If you wanted each object to "look" the same, you might try: enjoy going snow skiing, going to baseball games, and going water skiing. However, I feel that the original sentence would be the more common way to express the idea. Barbara Dorsett, ESOL Dept. Head Dover Adult Learning Center Dover, NH ----- Original Message ----- From: Lorraine Dutton To: Multiple recipients of list Sent: Thursday, December 12, 2002 11:15 AM Subject: [NIFL-ESL:8372] Grammar question Hi all! I have a student who is working on parallel structure, and one of the sentences she encountered in her lesson is as follows: The Bensons enjoy snow skiing in the winter, going to baseball games in the spring, and water skiing in the summer. This sentence has faulty parallelism because "going to baseball games" is a different structure from the other two elements in the sentence. My question is, how could you fix this sentence and still keep the original idea intact? I'm drawing a blank.... Let me know your ideas! Lorraine Dutton lad-oh@etop.org
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