Test your knowledge by revising the italicized sections of the following sentences so that parallel structure will express parallel ideas.
1. donald likes to play tennis and cross country running.
2. ginger is a gardener with first-rate garden tools and who has a beautiful garden.
3. two things i promise: to work diligently and succeed.
4. the desk was piled with papers, folders, coffee cups, broken pencils, and there were even two days’ worth of half-eaten lunch.
5. he was physically strong as well as possessing keen intelligence.
6. they hoped for peace without being dishonored.
7. in late march, april, and in may the weather is warm enough here to begin planting a garden.

Identify the trade regulation concept described in each scenario. protectionism free trade trade war country a and country b want to develop their respective export markets. both countries have highly developed agricultural, industrial, and service sectors. the countries decide to initially lower trade barriers and eventually remove them completely. arrowright country a has an agrarian economy with an emerging industrial sector. to allow domestic industries to grow, country a applies quotas on all industrial products except those that are used as resources. arrowright country a passes an economic policy that will indirectly give its own companies an advantage over country b’s companies. country b alleges that the policy violates the countries’ trade agreement and imposes retaliatory tariffs. arrowright