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Which of the following sentences contains faulty parallelism?

Sam turned off his alarm, dressed for school, and caught the bus.
Sam woke up, got dressed, and caught the bus.
Sam decided to wake up, get dressed, and catch the bus.
Sam was waking up, getting dressed, and caught the bus.

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Answer: Thelast one "Sam was waking up, getting dressed, and caught the bus."

Explanation:I took the test

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The last one would be faulty parallelism

"waking" and "getting" were written in present tense while "caught" is in past tense
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