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Vacuuming under the furniture,
dusting the ceiling fans, and
scrubbing the tile grout with a toothbrush, Jerry
prepared the house for his ultra-picky mother-in-law.
When you list grammatical items, you must use parallel structure. Here, vacuuming, dusting, and scrubbing all begin participle phrases, so the list is parallel.
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