Question

hich of the sentences below uses parallel structure? Sara promised that before her test, she would do nothing but get some sleep, studying, and taking notes. Sara promised that before her test, she would do nothing but sleep, study, and take notes. Sara promised that before her test, she would do nothing but sleeping, studying, and take notes. None of the above.

Answer 1

The sentence that uses parallel structure is the following one: Sara promised that before her test, she would do nothing but sleep, study, and take notes.

Step-by-step explanation:

Parallel structure, also called parallelism, is the repetition of a chosen grammatical form within a sentence. By making each compared item or idea in your sentence follow the same construction, you create a parallel structure. In the sentence above, all the verbs following the conjunction "but" are in the bare infinitive form as they are related to the modal "would" (do, sleep, study, take notes).

Answer 2

The correct answer is "Sara promised that before her test, she would not nothing but sleep, study, and take notes."

Parallel structure is the repetition of a chosen grammatical form within a sentence. This sentence uses the repetition of verbs, all of them in the same tense.