Question

determine whether the sentences are \parallel\ or
ot parallel.\ parallel not parallel tracy loves skydiving, snorkeling, and to sail. i asked you to fill up the gas tank, to drive to the store, and for groceries to be bought. the more i get to know you, the less i like you. \it was the best of times, it was the worst of times.\ i love reading, but i hate writing.

Explanation:

Parallel structure uses consistent grammatical forms for linked items. For non-parallel, the structures of linked elements differ.

1. "Tracy loves skydiving, snorkeling, and to sail.": Uses gerunds + infinitive → inconsistent.
2. "I asked you to fill up the gas tank, to drive to the store, and for groceries to be bought.": Uses infinitive phrases + passive prepositional phrase → inconsistent.
3. "The more I get to know you, the less I like you.": Follows "the + comparative + clause, the + comparative + clause" consistent structure.
4. "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.": Repeats identical clause structure → consistent.
5. "I love reading, but I hate writing.": Uses "love + gerund, hate + gerund" consistent structure.

Answer:

Parallel:

• The more I get to know you, the less I like you.
• "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times."
• I love reading, but I hate writing.

Not Parallel:

• Tracy loves skydiving, snorkeling, and to sail.
• I asked you to fill up the gas tank, to drive to the store, and for groceries to be bought.