Question

Correct the parallel structure: Tyler's dog likes to do a variety of things. Which set maintains parallel structure?

a) play dead
b) to eat birthday cake
c) cooked the dinner
d) to set the meeting for tomorrow

Answer 1

The corrected parallel structure for Tyler's dog's activities should maintain the same grammatical form, using gerunds like 'playing dead' and 'eating birthday cake.'

Step-by-step explanation:

Correcting the parallel structure involves making sure that each item in a list follows the same grammatical form. In the sentence 'Tyler's dog likes to play dead, to eat birthday cake, cooked the dinner, to set the meeting for tomorrow,' the structure is not parallel.

The corrected parallel structure for the sentence would be: 'Tyler's dog likes playing dead, eating birthday cake, cooking dinner, and setting meetings for tomorrow.' This maintains the -ing form (gerund) and thereby keeps the list in the same grammatical form. Therefore, the options that maintain parallel structure are (a) play dead and (b) to eat birthday cake, but modified to 'eating birthday cake' for consistency with 'playing dead.'