Khi chúng tôi đặt ra để tạo ra cuốn sách này, đã có những điều nào đó chúng tôi muốn làm và những điều nào đó chúng tôi đã không muốn làm. Chúng tôi cũng cần để xác định những gì giáo viên của TOEFL (Test tiếng Anh như một ngoại ngữ) các khóa học chuẩn bị thực sự muốn. Chúng tôi muốn kết hợp các nghiên cứu mới nhất trong việc mua lại ngôn ngữ và nhận thức khoa học, chúng tôi muốn tạo ra một "bộ não thân thiện" môi trường cho các sinh viên và một "giáo. | 225 Parallel Structure 4. In equative and comparative expressions See the structures being compared should be parallel. The Olmec art of Yucatan is believed to be as old as the Chavin art of Peru. As much misunderstanding exists between people from the same culture as it does between people from different cultures. Gold is softer and more malleable than other precious metals. Human error causes more problems in the workplace than computer malfunction does. Note The two things being compared must also be parallel in meaning. Consider these sentences The temperature on Mars is lower than on Earth not parallel The temperature on Mars is lower than that on Earth parallel Two things are being compared the temperature on Mars and the temperature on Earth. The pronoun that is used to avoid repeating the temperature. Here that is necessary for parallel meaning and structure. A TOEFL item may test you by having structures that are not parallel in an equative or comparative. Look at this example Presenting yourself well in a job interview is as important as to learn about the organization. Structure Which underlined word or phrase must be changed for the sentence to be correct If you chose to learn you were correct. This sentence has an equative expression as important as. In equatives the two things being equated must be parallel in structure. Here to learn must be changed so that it is parallel to presenting yourself well in a job interview. Correction learning. PRACTICE Exercise Choose the one word or phrase that best completes the sentence. 1. A study found that suicides increase after earthquakes hurricanes and---. is flooding IT it happens after a flood TT floods YT to flood 2. In the 1980s there was a tremendous expansion of the Western economies and the emergence W of a global economy 2 global economy globally economic there is now a global economy 3. Spiders stay out of each other s way by partitioning off their hunting grounds and different strategies
