which sentence uses parallel structure correctly?\nthe architect expected that she would present her plan…
which sentence uses parallel structure correctly?\nthe architect expected that she would present her plan, her presentation, and then ask if there were any questions.\nthe architect expected that she would present her plan, show her presentation, and then she might ask if there were any questions.\nthe architect expected that she would present her plan, would show her presentation, and would ask if there were any questions.\nthe architect expected that she would present her plan, that there would be time for her presentation, and people could ask questions.
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Brief Explanations:
Parallel structure requires that items in a list have the same grammatical form. In the third option, "would present", "would show", and "would ask" are all in the same verb - phrase form with the modal "would". In the first option, "present her plan" (verb - object) and "her presentation" (noun) are not parallel. In the second option, "present her plan" (verb - object), "show her presentation" (verb - object), but "then she might ask" has an extra subject "she" breaking the parallelism. In the fourth option, "present her plan" (verb - object), "that there would be time" (subordinate clause) and "people could ask questions" (independent clause) are not parallel.
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The architect expected that she would present her plan, would show her presentation, and would ask if there were any questions.