Standard English ConventionsHardParallelism in a list of gerunds
Standard English Conventions practice question
A morning on the plot means weeding the beds, watering the tunnels, and ____ the slugs.
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
- A. picking offCorrect
- B. to pick off
- C. that you pick off
- D. picked off
Answer: A. picking off
'Weeding … watering … picking off': parallel gerunds.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. to pick off
- An infinitive breaks the parallel.
- C. that you pick off
- A clause breaks the parallel.
- D. picked off
- A past participle breaks the parallel.
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