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Word pairs and parallelism

Word pairs and parallelism

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Word pairs and parallelism

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- [Instructor] So in terms of grammar, word pairs are words that, when you have one, you almost always need the other. That's why we call them word pairs, and kind of like the principle of agreement. The concept of parallelism in writing means that words or parts of a sentence are in parallel with each other. This is actually one of the most commonly tested topics on the GMAT. In this video, we'll take a look at some examples of both. So word pairs that always happen together. As and as if I said, "Her icy glare made him feel as distant "from her as a lonely, frozen outer planet "orbiting the Sun." Notice, if we get that first as, we need the second one to be good English. Another word pair is not only, it goes with but also. So if I said, "I am not only sure that I'm right, "but also sure that you're wrong." One thing I just want to point out, the words after the not only should be parallel to the words after but also, so notice they both have sure that, sure that after them. I'm not…

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