Question

80. How could this sentence be corrected to use parallel structure?

Enjoyment of poetry often involves listening to the sounds, appreciating the word
choice, and you should pay attention to the theme.
a. Change listening to to listen.
b. Drop you should and change pay to paying.-
Change appreciating to you should appreciate.
d. Change Enjoyment of to Enjoying.
C.

Answer 1

To correct the sentence, change 'appreciating the word choice' to 'appreciating the choice of words,' change 'listening to the sounds' to 'listening to the poetry,' and change 'you should pay attention to the theme' to 'paying attention to the theme.'

Step-by-step explanation:

To correct the sentence and use parallel structure, the phrase 'appreciating the word choice' should be changed to 'appreciating the choice of words.' This maintains consistency in the structure of the sentence. Additionally, 'listening to the sounds' should be changed to 'listening to the poetry.' Lastly, the phrase 'you should pay attention to the theme' should be changed to 'paying attention to the theme.'

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