Question

Read the sentence.

Every day after work, Sam enjoyed adding new visuals to his music videos, edited them for inconsistencies, added multiple layers of shapes and colors, and testing them with a new projector he purchased for his cousin’s upcoming party.
Which option most effectively shows the correct way to revise the incorrect use of parallel structure?
1)Every day after work, Sam enjoyed adding new visuals to his music videos, edits them for inconsistencies, adds multiple layers of colors and shapes, and testing them with a new projector he purchased for his cousin’s upcoming party.
2) Every day after work, Sam enjoys adding new visuals to his music videos, editing them for inconsistencies, adding multiple layers of shapes and colors, and testing them with a new projector he purchased for his cousin’s upcoming party.
3) Every day after work, Sam enjoys adding new visuals to his music videos, edits them for inconsistencies, adding multiple layers of colors and shapes, and tests them with a new projector he purchased for his cousin’s upcoming party.
4) Every day after work, Sam enjoyed adding new visuals to his music videos, edits them for inconsistencies, added multiple layers of colors and shapes, and tested them with a new projector he purchased for his cousin’s upcoming party.

Answer 1

Answer: 2) Every day after work, Sam enjoys adding new visuals to his music videos, editing them for inconsistencies, adding multiple layers of shapes and colors, and testing them with a new projector he purchased for his cousin’s upcoming party.

Step-by-step explanation: parallelism or parallel structure is a literary device that consists in the repetition of the grammatical structure of different words or phrases in a sentence or paragraph, in order to emphasize an idea or to create an impact in the audience. From the given options, the revision that most effectively corrects the incorrect use of parallel structure, is the corresponding to option 2, because it writes all the elements of the list with the same structure (using gerund: adding, editing, adding, testing).

Answer 2

The correct answer is number 2. Because the verb enjoy requires a gerund form. You get gerund form when you add -ing to the infinitive of the verb. But gerund functions as a noun.