I have recently seen an extreme surfing video of Laird Hamilton who is considered the best big wave surfer of all time. The video itself is incredible as is the dialog that accompanies it. Listening carefully, the dialog contains many examples of parallel structure such as (1) ...I'm arriving at this level because I'm being driven by these guys to this level, (2) ...so treacherous and so outrageous..., (3) ...so powerful and cylindrical..., (4) ...extremely shallow, razor sharp..., (5) mass, power, and ferocity..., (6) ...neither Laird nor Derek Dorn..., (7) ...you've seen Pipeline, you've seen Off the Wall, you've seen Waimea, you've seen everything..., (8) ...Where and what is that?..., (9) ...what I've been able to have, experience, do....
Because the dialog in this video goes quickly, most instances of parallel structure are included above, but an attentive listener can probably pick up more instances of parallel structure.
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Finally, what example of parallel structure can YOU find online? If you would like to make a contribution, please respond with an example of parallel structure and the http link where the parallel structure was found. (The link will be converted to a live link automatically.)
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