Parallel construction prevents awkwardness, promotes clarity and improves writing style and readability.

Parallelism is also called parallel structure or parallel construction. The balance between two or more similar words, phrases or clauses is called parallelism in grammar.

For may be followed by either a noun or a verb + ing. Purpose can be also expressed by using for.

He decided to stay in England for a while so that he could practice his English.

He got a visa so that he can travel to the USA.

He turned down the music so that he wouldn't disturb the neighbors.

In this case you generally need to use a modal. You can also express purpose with so that.

He helped the new policewoman so as not to fail in her first mission.

She exercises regularly so as not to get fat.

They woke up early in order not to be late.

Use so as not to and in order not to to express purpose in the negative form.

They visited him so as to offer their condolences for the death of his wife.

She wakes up early in order to be on time to work.

He is looking for a part time job to save some pocket money.

Use to , so as to, and in order to to express purpose in the affirmative form. Purpose with to, in order to and so as to

If there is no helping (auxiliary) verb in the the predicate and the main verb is not 'to be', add the auxiliary 'do' in the appropriate form.

If you ask about the predicate and there is no helping (auxiliary) verb and the verb is 'to be', simply add the question verb and invert the subject and the verb.

If there is a helping (auxiliary) verb that precedes the main verb ( for example: can, is, are, was, were, will, would.), add the question word and invert the subject and the helping (auxiliary) verb.

Who writes good poems?Ģ.If you ask about the predicate of the sentence (the part of a sentence which contains the verb and gives information about the subject), there are three options: How far is your school? It's one mile far.ġ.If you ask about the subject of the sentence, simply add the question word at the beginning: How often do you go to the gym? Twice a week. How long did you stay in that hotel? For two weeks. How many students are there? There are twenty. What kind of music do you like? I like quiet songs Why do you sleep early? Because I've got to get up early Question words are also called wh questions because they include the letters 'W' and 'H'.

Rude Rhymes by W H Hard-On