Standard English ConventionsHardParallel question-word phrases
Standard English Conventions practice question
The guide explained where to camp, how to purify water, and ____.
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
- A. what to do in a stormCorrect
- B. doing what in a storm
- C. in a storm what should be done
- D. to do what in a storm
Answer: A. what to do in a storm
The list is built of question word plus infinitive; the third item must match.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. doing what in a storm
- A gerund phrase among infinitive phrases.
- C. in a storm what should be done
- A clause among phrases.
- D. to do what in a storm
- The question word is out of position.
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