parallel construction refers to the repetition of phrases or sentences with similar meanings.
parallel construction refers to the repetition of phrases or sentences with similar meanings.
the repetition of phrases or sentences with similar meanings is called?
parallel construction
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confusion is most likely to arise when the "-ing" word follows a verb, in which case it may be a predicate adjective and hence a participle, or a direct object (or predicate nominative) and hence a gerund. there are certain transformations that can help distinguish these two cases. in the table that follows, the transformations produce grammatical sentences with similar meanings when applied to sentences with gerunds (since the transformations are based on the assumption that the phrase with the "-ing" word is a noun phrase). when applied to sentences with participles, they produce ungrammatical sentences or sentences with completely different meanings. (these cases are marked with asterisks.)
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