9a Balance parallel ideas in a series.

Balance all items in a series by presenting them in parallel grammatical form.

The example reads, Children who study music also learn confidence, discipline, and (strikethrough) they are creative. (end strikethrough) (insert) creativity (end insert) .

The text below reads, The revision presents all the items in the series as nouns: confidence, discipline, and creativity.

The example reads, Racing to get to work on time, Sam drove down the middle of the road, ran one red light, and (insert) ignored (end insert) two stop signs.

The text below reads, The revision adds a verb to make the three items parallel: drove, ran, and ignored.