PARALLEL STRUCTURE

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Steel is alloyed with manganese to increase its strength, hardness and resistant to wear.

• strength

• hardness

• resistant

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Sacramento is the commercial, industry, and financial center of California's Central Valley, as well as being the state capital.

• commercial

• industry

• financial

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When taking part in winter sports, one should wear clothing that is lightweight, warmth, and suitable for the activity.

• lightweight

• warmth

• suitable

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Folklore consists of the beliefs, customs, traditions, and telling stories that people pass from generation to generation.

• beliefs

• traditions

• telling stories

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Because of their hardness, industrial diamonds can be used for cutting, to grind, and drilling.

• cutting

• to grind

• drilling

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Scholar John Fiske wrote on history, religious, and sociology.

• history

• religious

• sociology

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Monterey, California, has long been a center for writers, artists, and the craftsman.

• writers

• artists

• craftsman

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T.S. Eliot was equally distinguished as a poet, he wrote criticism and dramatist.

• poet

• he wrote criticism

• dramatist

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The book contained stories, poetic and plays.

• stories

• poetic

• plays

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She needed some shoes that were inexpensively, hard-wearing and attractive.

• inexpensively

• hard-wearing

• attractive