Question

Which revision of this sentence best creates parallel structure?

To illustrate his point, he compared the dialogue in the movie with reading the novel.
To illustrate his point, he compared the dialogue in the movie with the dialogue in the novel.
To illustrate his point, he compared the dialogue in the movie to compare the dialogue in the novel.
To illustrate his point, he compared the dialogue in the movie with to read the novel.
Illustrating his point, he compared the dialogue in the movie with reading the novel

Answer 1

To illustrate his point, he compared the dialogue in the movie with the dialogue in the novel.

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Answer 2

Based on the given sentence above, I can say that the one that shows a better revision to this in order to display a proper parallel structure is the first sentence: "To illustrate his point, he compared the dialogue in the movie with the dialogue in the novel." Hope this helps.