Which choice shows an error in parallel structure?
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: B. She likes hiking, to swim, and reading in the evening.
- Step 1: Items in a list should have the same grammatical form. Step 2. 'Hiking' and 'reading' are gerunds, but 'to swim' is an infinitive, which breaks the pattern. Answer: the sentence that mixes hiking, to swim and reading. Why not the others: The other sentences use the same form for every item.
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