Parallelism is Good

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When you have a compound subject or predicate, especially when they’re connect with a coordinating conjunction, they should have the same grammatical structure. The bird gets it wrong:

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The bird should have said “…look good as well as taste good.” This is a fairly common mistake. Be alwert for them when you read. Then you can join the grammar police!

Yes, “as well as” counts as a coordinating conjunction.

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