Question

Choose the correct way to revise this sentence to achieve parallel structure.

The traits I admire most in a person are honesty, courage, and being compassionate.
A. The traits I admire most in a person are being honest, being courageous, and compassionate.
B. The traits I admire most in a person are honesty, courage, and compassion.
C. The traits I admire most in a person are being honest, courage, and compassion.
D. The traits I admire most in a person are that he is honest, is courageous, and compassionate.

Answer 1

C. The traits I admire most in a person are being honest, courage, and compassion.

Answer 2

A parallel structure means that withing the sentence the same structure/scheme is used everywhere. So the correct answer is B. A cannot be correct as you have "BEING honest", "BEING courageous" and then just "compassionate". BEING was deleted. C is also incorrect as you have "BEING honest" and then just nouns "courage" and "compassion" - the structure has changed. It is the same case with D - "IS honest", "IS courageous" and then just "compassionate", without IS. And B is correct because we have three nouns "honesty", "courage", "compassion" - the structure remains the same.