At my tenth class reunion, I was surprised to find that I enjoyed meeting my old classmates, walking around th

Question

At my tenth class reunion, I was surprised to find that I enjoyed meeting my old classmates, walking around the school, and I even had a good time talking with the principal. is that sentence parallel?if not rewrite the sentence in parallel terms

Answer 1

Parallelism concerns the balance of a sentence, or the similarity of words, phrases, or clauses in a list or series.

Parallelism is necessary when a series of words, thoughts, or ideas appears in one sentence. If you encounter a sentence that just sounds wrong or clunky, look for conjunctions like and, or, but, and yet to determine whether the sentence is off balance.

See the examples here:
http://homeworktips.about.com/od/satwritingsection/a/parallelism.htm

Your sentence: At my tenth class reunion, I was surprised to find that I enjoyed meeting my old classmates, walking around the school, and I even had a good time talking with the principal.

One possible revision:

At my tenth class reunion, I was surprised to find that I enjoyed meeting my old classmates, walking around the school, and talking with the principal.

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Cheers,
Bruce

Answer 2

Great answer Bruce!! Couldn't have explained it any better.