which sentence or sentences have correct parallel structure?\n\nthe u.s. department of health and human…

which sentence or sentences have correct parallel structure?\n\nthe u.s. department of health and human services recommends consuming either two or three servings of dairy products per day.\n\nthe u.s. department of health and human services recommends consuming either two servings or three servings of dairy products per day.

which sentence or sentences have correct parallel structure?\n\nthe u.s. department of health and human services recommends consuming either two or three servings of dairy products per day.\n\nthe u.s. department of health and human services recommends consuming either two servings or three servings of dairy products per day.

Answer

Brief Explanations:

Parallel structure requires that coordinate elements in a sentence follow the same grammatical form, especially when using correlative conjunctions like "either... or."

  1. In the first sentence, "either" is followed by the numeral "two" and "or" is followed by the numeral "three." Both are adjectives modifying the noun phrase "servings of dairy products." This is grammatically consistent and parallel.
  2. In the second sentence, "either" is followed by the noun phrase "two servings" and "or" is followed by the noun phrase "three servings." Both elements are structurally identical, maintaining perfect parallelism.

Both sentences correctly align the grammatical structures following the correlative conjunctions.

Answer:

Both sentences have correct parallel structure:

  1. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services recommends consuming either two or three servings of dairy products per day.
  2. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services recommends consuming either two servings or three servings of dairy products per day.