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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I considered that spelling as well. I think the plural and singular both fit.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Nope.

Right now the list reads plural, plural, and singular. Parallelism states that all words in a list should have the same form. So they should all be plural, or all singular.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

While that is true, it also means various types of alterations in consciousness and paradigm shifts, but there is really only one type of existential crisis.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Well I don't really agree with that and I also don't think it's a solution to faulty parallelism.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

There are multiple types of crises, but every existential crisis is an existential crisis. The plurality is negated by the modifier, "existential."

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Not really. A midlife crisis and a psychotic episode could both be called existential crises. I don't think there's a hard definition to it like you seem to be asserting.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I can already tell that if I continue this conversation, you'll be the one in the picture.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Meaning you're going to refuse to learn about faulty parallelism?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Meaning you're getting blocked for your own good.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Funny, despite your clever picture, I don't seem to be the one suffering in this exchange.