Standard English ConventionsHardParallel structure in a list of gerunds
Standard English Conventions practice question
The programme covers planting, ____ and harvesting the crop.
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
- A. irrigating,Correct
- B. to irrigate,
- C. irrigation,
- D. how to irrigate,
Answer: A. irrigating,
'Planting, irrigating, and harvesting': parallel gerunds.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. to irrigate,
- 'To irrigate' breaks the gerund series.
- C. irrigation,
- 'Irrigation' is a noun that doesn't match the -ing verbs.
- D. how to irrigate,
- 'How to irrigate' is a clause fragment that breaks the series.
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