Question

I need help editing errors in parallelism in the following sentence: Is it true that Superman could leap tall buildings, run faster than a locomotive, and that bullets would bounce off his skin?

Answer 1

Here are the parts of the sentence that need to be parallel (that means they need to match each other in their construction):

Is it true that Superman

<b>could leap tall buildings</b> = verb phrase

<b>run faster than a locomotive</b> = verb phrase

<b>that bullets would bounce off his skin</b> = dependent clause

All need to be verb phrases
OR
all need to be dependent clauses.

How will you make them match?

Answer 2

No. Superman was "faster than a speeding bullet, more powerful than a locomotive, and able to leap tall buildings in a single bound", ...

However, in this selection, are you asking if he could leap tall buildings, run faster than a locomotive,and dodge bullets?

or are you asking could he leap tall buildings, run faster than a locomotive, bounce bullets off his skin?

Personally, I thought Wonder Woman was a better superhero.