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parallel form
Hello,
-He is a very successful playwright ,and wrote the famous play yesterday.
-He is a very successful playwright ,and writes plays everyday.
Can we construct a parallel form like those? The first part of the sentence is the present and the other side is past form, is that OK?
Thanks.
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Re: parallel form

Originally Posted by
aysaa
-He is a very successful playwright ,and wrote the famous play yesterday.
This is a very unnatural sentence. if the play was written yesterday, then it is hardly 'the famous play'. It would be very unusual for anybody to write a play in one day.
-He
is a very successful playwright ,and
writes plays everyday.
'Every day' - two words.
Leave a space after, not before, a punctuation mark.
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Re: parallel form
Could you please construct a sentence where the first part is simple present, and the other part is simple past in the parallel form. I couldn't make it. 
Thanks.
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Re: parallel form
Paul normally arrives on time, but he was late this morning.
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