Question

“If I sought to answer all the criticisms that cross my desk, my secretaries will have a little time for anything other than such correspondence in this course of day, and I would have no time for constructive work * How are the underlined clauses related to Parallel structure? A)The underline independent clauses in the passage above are not linked by parallel structure B)The underlined dependent clauses in the passage above are linked by parallel structure C)The underlined independent clauses in the passage above are linked by parallel structure D)The underline independent clauses in the passage above are linked by perpendicular structure

Answer 1

A)The underline independent clauses in the passage above are not linked by parallel structure

Step-by-step explanation:

Parallel structure simply means using a similar or same pattern to indicate that two or more ideas have the same level of importance. It is also known as parallelism.

The underlined (in this case the sentence in quote) independent clause is joined by the coordinating conjunction "and" to show that if he answered all the criticism he would have no time for anything else.