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निरंजन
This is my code.

```
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{multicol}
\usepackage{linguex}
\usepackage{tikz}

\begin{document}
	\begin{multicols}{2}
	\ex. Two ways of forming a triangle.\\
		\a.\begin{tikzpicture}
			\draw (0,0) -- (-1.5,-3) -- (1.5,-3) -- cycle;
		\end{tikzpicture}\\
		\columnbreak
		\b.\begin{tikzpicture}
		\draw (0,0) -- (3,0) -- (3,3) -- cycle;
		\end{tikzpicture}\\		

	\end{multicols}
	
\end{document}
```

It generates -

![MWE.png](/image?hash=d751686a1b55d6b875d906ea342930a0cbea6d3975b0834d2f1a649f7ac83e8d)

I want the `ex.` to be out of the `multicols` environment, because in the output the example `b.`, because I want both `a.` and `b.` to be on the same height. How to achieve it?

PS - I tried `\phantom{\ex.}` but it doesn't work.
Top Answer
samcarter
I suggest to use the `enumitem` package to place multiple subitems in a single line. You don't need to be worried about suspending and restarting the linguex counter because you could just place the the additional `enumerate` environment between your `\ex.` ones.

```
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{multicol}
\usepackage{linguex}
\usepackage{tikz}
\usepackage[inline]{enumitem}

\begin{document}

	\ex. Two something
		\a. foo
		\b. bar

\begin{enumerate}[label={(\arabic*)},labelsep=\Exlabelsep\relax,labelwidth=\Exlabelwidth]
	\setcounter{enumi}{\value{ExNo}}
	\item \hspace{0.6em}Two ways of forming a triangle.
	
	\begin{enumerate*}[label={\hspace{-0.9em}\alph*.}]
		\item
		\begin{tikzpicture}
			\draw (0,0) -- (-1.5,-3) -- (1.5,-3) -- cycle;
		\end{tikzpicture}
		\hspace*{\fill}
		\item
		\begin{tikzpicture}
			\draw (0,0) -- (3,0) -- (3,3) -- cycle;
		\end{tikzpicture}
	\end{enumerate*}
\end{enumerate}
\stepcounter{ExNo}
	
	\ex. Two something
		\a. foo
		\b. bar

\end{document}
```
![Screen Shot 2020-02-10 at 17.30.16.png](/image?hash=bcd9bf5c67f1bccfac9ba7dd91e9999003f09806fb2bfc3ee390373bba147bdd)
Answer #2
CrazyHorse
If there are only two or three items then simply write the `a.`, `b.`, ... by yourself without the commands:

```
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{linguex}
\usepackage{tikz}

\begin{document}
	\ex. Two ways of forming a triangle.\\
		a. \begin{tikzpicture}
			\draw (0,0) -- (-1.5,-3) -- (1.5,-3) -- cycle;
		\end{tikzpicture}
		  \qquad		  
		b. \begin{tikzpicture}
		   \draw (0,0) -- (3,0) -- (3,3) -- cycle;
        \end{tikzpicture}
	
\end{document}
```

![Bildschirmfoto 2020-02-28 um 16.39.30.png](/image?hash=360dd9e41a81de3aa17b94b7bfc6b87b4f99ca0aebb57522d18ecd7e33f29f20)

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