Handbook post

Parallelism means to make sure that you use the same pattern of words to show that two or more ideas have the same level of importance.
Example:

• Wrong:The quarter horse skipped, pranced, and was sashaying onto the track.
• Correct: The quarter horse skipped, pranced, and sashayed onto the track.

Example from my paper

• Wrong:'...says Uncle Donny who is wearing overalls and a wife beater and is also,easily, 6 inches taller and a hundred pounds heavier than my dad'
• Correct?:'...says Uncle Donny who is wearing a pair of overalls and a wife beater and is also a few inches taller and a hundred pounds heavier than my dad.'

Capitalization is basically what it sounds like. You're supposed to correctly capitalize the first letter of the first word in every sentence and also proper names and proper adjectives.
Examples:

• Pacific Ocean
• an ocean
• Africa, African sculpture
• a beautiful sculpture
• Elm Street
• a street

Example from my paper:

• Wrong: 'In this diminutive County of Mississippi...'
• Correct: ' In this diminutive county of Mississippi...'
• Wrong: 'A must is going to see the Beauty Pageant on the second night of the fair.'
• Correct: ' A must is going to see the beauty pageant on the second night of the fair.'