Question

select the correct answer.
how can this sentence be revised to ensure parallel structure?
after the successful experiment, the scientist was asked to write her report accurately, quickly, and in great detail.
a. after the successful experiment, the scientist was asked to write her report accurately, write it quickly, and in great detail.
b. after the successful experiment, the scientist was asked to write her report accurately, quickly, and thoroughly.
c. after the successful experiment, the scientist was asked to write her report accurately, with speed, and in great detail.
d. after the successful experiment, the scientist was asked to write her detailed report accurately and quickly.

Explanation:

Parallel structure requires consistent grammatical form for items in a list. The original sentence's descriptive phrases mix adverbs and prepositional phrases. Option B uses three consistent adverbs ("accurately, quickly, and thoroughly") to describe how the scientist should write the report, creating proper parallelism. Other options either repeat the verb "write" (A) or mix phrase structures (C, D).

Answer:

B. After the successful experiment, the scientist was asked to write her report accurately, quickly, and thoroughly.