Consistency: Lists – The Fred Effect

Items in a list should be in the same parts of speech: all nouns, all verbs, all adjectives, etc.

NOUNS	Inconsistent, Not Parallel	We had beans, peppers, and drank tequila.
NOUNS	Consistent, Parallel	We had beans, peppers, and tequila.

VERBS	Inconsistent, Not Parallel	The invaders stole our women, stampeded our cattle, and burning our taverns.
VERBS	Consistent, Parallel	The invaders stole our women, stampeded our cattle, and burned our taverns.

ADJECTIVES	Inconsistent, Not Parallel	Buzz Killington told a long, boring, and off-the-point story.
ADJECTIVES	Consistent, Parallel	Buzz Killington told a long, boring, and pointless story.

Consistency in Lists: Quiz

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Question 1

Shoveling manure, hauling hay, or to babysit my nephew were the only ways I had to make money as a kid.

A	To shovel manure, hauling hay, or to babysit my nephew
B	Shovel manure, hauling hay, or babysitting my nephew
C	Shovel manure, haul hay, or babysitting my nephew
D	Shoveling manure, hauling hay, or babysitting my nephew

Question 2

I pitched manure out of the hog barn, into the wagon, and spread it on the potato patch.

A	out of the hog barn, into the wagon, and onto the potato patch
B	out of the hog barn, piled it in the wagon, and spread it on the potato patch
C	out of the hog barn, piled it in the wagon, onto the potato patch
D	out of the hog barn, the wagon, and the potato patch

Question 3

I cleaned out the hog barn, the dairy barn, and where the chickens lived.

A	the hog barn, where we milked cows, and where the chickens lived
B	where the hogs lived, the dairy barn, and where the chickens lived
C	the hog barn, the dairy barn, and the chicken house
D	where the hogs lived, the back of the dairy barn, and where the chickens lived

Question 4

Of all the jobs I had as a kid, hauling hay was the hottest, dirtiest, and required the most effort.

A	was the hottest, dirtiest, and required the most effort
B	was the hottest, dirtiest, and hardest
C	felt the hottest, was the dirtiest, and required the most effort
D	made us the hottest, dirtiest, and required the most effort

Question 5

We used steel hooks about a foot long to pick up hay bales, throw them onto the truck, and for stacking them in the barn.

A	to pick up hay bales, throw them onto the truck, and stack them in the barn
B	for picking up hay bales, throwing them onto the truck, and to stack them in the barn
C	for picking up hay bales, to throw them onto the truck, and stacking them in the barn
D	for picking up hay bales, to throw them onto the truck, and stack them in the barn

Question 6

The dust collected in our hair, under our necks, and made crunchy boogers in our noses.

A	in our hair, made rings under our necks, and made crunchy boogers in our noses
B	in our hair, made rings under our necks, and in our noses
C	in our hair, made rings under our necks, and crunchy boogers in our noses
D	in our hair, under our necks, and in our noses

Question 7

The salt from our bodies soaked into our clothes, stung our eyes, and was a white film on our hats when it dried

A	soaked into our clothes, stung our eyes, and dried in a white film on our hats
B	soaked into our clothes, made our eyes sting, and was a white film on our hats when it dried
C	got soaked into our clothes, stung our eyes, and dried in a white film on our hats
D	soaked into our clothes, got our eyes stung, and dried in a white film on our hats

Question 8

Babysitting a nephew is a fun, bizarre, and low-paying job.

A	fun, most bizarre, and underpaid
B	lot of fun, most bizarre, and low-paying
C	fun, bizarre, and underpaid
D	lot of fun, bizarre, and underpaid

Question 9

The three main forms of entertainment in those days were the record player, the television, and eating homemade play-dough.

A	listening to the record player, watching television, and eating homemade play-dough
B	the record player, the television, and eating homemade play-dough
C	listening to the record player, the television, and eating homemade play-dough
D	the record player, watching television, and eating homemade play-dough

Question 10

One day he stuck a dime up his nose, a marble, and a grasshopper.

A	a dime up his nose, a marble, and a grasshopper
B	dime and a marble up his nose, and a grasshopper
C	a dime up his nose, a marble up his nose, and a grasshopper
D	a dime, a marble, and a grasshopper up his nose

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