Writing Handbook Exercises
 

Faulty Parallelism

Each of the sentences or pairs of sentences below contains a faulty parallelism error. Correct the error by altering the word, phrase, or clause with double underlining to match the form of the elements with single underlining in the same or adjoining sentence. Write your finished sentences in the blanks provided.

example:

Transformational leadership involves stimulating, supporting, mentoring, and an ability to coach.

Transformational leadership involves stimulating, supporting, mentoring, and coaching .

10. While the US planned new space programmes within the context of threat, economic constraints, and national security, Canada planned its space programmes within the context of industry, economic parity, and the interests of the nation.