<p>Hi all, </p>
<p>Below is a sentence that I know is not parallel. However, i'm a bit confused as to how to
actually fix the error because 'as' needs a conjunctive pair 'as' and 'either' needs a conjunctive pair as well in 'or'. My question is: what part needs to be parallel with what? </p>
<p>Does the part 'either a delegate' need to be parallel with 'an organizer'
or does the part with 'a delegate' need to be parallel with 'as an organizer' </p>
<p>SO CONFUSED </p>
<pre><code> Harmon will attend the convention [as either a delegate or as an organizer.]
</code></pre>
<p>Cheers
Eddy</p>
<p>okay, the sentence is wrong because correlative conjunctions must follow parallelism.
either (a delegate) or (as an organizer).
is this parallel? no. because either (noun)------ or (prep/conj. + noun)
so, the sentence needs to be revised
Harmon will attend the convention either as a delegate or as an organizer.
or you can get rid of ‘as’.</p>
<p>cheers</p>
<p>thanks for this and sorry for the slow reply </p>
<p>But why don’t we make the stuff in between the as…as parallel too? Why is it only the either…or </p>
<p>Cheers</p>
<p>What you want is:</p>
<p>Harmon will attend the convention as either a delegate or an organizer.</p>
<p>@fogcity, doesn’t the ‘as’ need its pair ‘as’ to be idiomatically correct though? I thought that all conjunctions must be complete i.e. either connected to or, neither connected to nor and ‘as’ connected to ‘as’ isn’t this right? </p>
<p>Cheers</p>
<p>no. as…as structure is not used in this sentence since it’s not comparing anything.
as in this sentence functions as a preposition that follows by a noun. either… or… needs to be paired up since it provides 2 possibilities.
for example. he works as a programmer as a engineer. this sentence is clearly wrong because as… as structure can only be used to compare similar things and follow a structure of
as-adv/adj-as-noun.</p>
<p>right so the ‘as’…‘as’ is only in a comparison not when ‘as’ is used as a preposition. Wait what is ‘as’ it isn’t a preposition is it? </p>
<p>Cheers</p>
<p>i believe ‘as’ can function both as a preposition and a conjunction, maybe adv or adj as well (not sure).i would say not worry about ‘as’ too much since SAT doesn’t really test you the usage of ‘as’.
when ‘as’ functions as a conj. As i walked out of park, the sun came out.
when ‘as’ functions as a prep. I play with electrons as a hobbyist.
when ‘as’ functions as a adv. I read the book as quickly as possible.</p>