Parallele Struktur (Parallel Structure)

Was ist Parallelismus?

Parallelismus bedeutet, dieselbe grammatische Form für ähnliche Ideen zu verwenden:

• ❌ She likes swimming, to run, and riding bikes.
• ✓ She likes swimming, running, and biking.
• ✓ She likes to swim, to run, and to bike.

In Listen und Reihen

Alle Substantive

• ❌ We need creativity, to have patience, and being dedicated.
• ✓ We need creativity, patience, and dedication.

Alle Verben

• ❌ He came, he saw, and was conquering.
• ✓ He came, he saw, he conquered.

Alle -ing Formen

• ❌ I enjoy reading, to cook, and taking walks.
• ✓ I enjoy reading, cooking, and taking walks.

Alle Infinitive

• ❌ She wants to learn, traveling, and make friends.
• ✓ She wants to learn, to travel, and to make friends.

Mit koordinierenden Konjunktionen

Both… and

• ❌ She is both smart and has talent.
• ✓ She is both smart and talented. (beide Adjektive)

Either… or

• ❌ You can either call me or sending an email.
• ✓ You can either call me or send an email. (beide Verbphrasen)

Neither… nor

• ❌ He neither has money nor does he have time.
• ✓ He has neither money nor time. (beide Substantive)

Not only… but also

• ❌ She not only sings but also is dancing.
• ✓ She not only sings but also dances. (beide Verben)

In Vergleichen

Mit Than

• ❌ Running is harder than to swim.
• ✓ Running is harder than swimming.
• ✓ To run is harder than to swim.

Mit As… As

• ❌ Speaking is as important as to write.
• ✓ Speaking is as important as writing.

In Überschriften und Aufzählungspunkten

Nicht parallel

• ❌ Ziele:
  • Increase sales
  • Reducing costs
  • To improve customer service

Parallel

• ✓ Ziele:
  • Increase sales
  • Reduce costs
  • Improve customer service

Berühmte parallele Beispiele

“Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country.” – JFK

“I came, I saw, I conquered.” – Julius Caesar

“To be or not to be, that is the question.” – Shakespeare

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