practice b revising to eliminate faulty parallelism\nread each sentence. then, rewrite the sentence to…

practice b revising to eliminate faulty parallelism\nread each sentence. then, rewrite the sentence to correct any nonparallel structures.\nexample: the wrestler was strong and had big muscles.\nanswer: the wrestler was strong and muscular.\n1. many explorers have pursued quests relentlessly and following dreams fearlessly.\n2. georgianne promised to be on time, and jakes promise was to be ready.\n3. his dream vacation would include snorkeling near a coral reef and to sail on the ocean.\n4. rocks rolled down the mountain and blocking the road.\n5. jim was born in maine, pearl was born in texas, and iowa is where roy was born.

practice b revising to eliminate faulty parallelism\nread each sentence. then, rewrite the sentence to correct any nonparallel structures.\nexample: the wrestler was strong and had big muscles.\nanswer: the wrestler was strong and muscular.\n1. many explorers have pursued quests relentlessly and following dreams fearlessly.\n2. georgianne promised to be on time, and jakes promise was to be ready.\n3. his dream vacation would include snorkeling near a coral reef and to sail on the ocean.\n4. rocks rolled down the mountain and blocking the road.\n5. jim was born in maine, pearl was born in texas, and iowa is where roy was born.

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Brief Explanations:

  1. In the original sentence, "pursued quests relentlessly" (verb - adverb structure) and "following dreams fearlessly" (verb - ing - adverb structure) are not parallel. Changing "following" to "pursued" makes the verb forms parallel.
  2. The original sentence has "Georgianne promised..." (subject - verb - infinitive) and "Jake's promise was..." (noun - verb - infinitive) which is not parallel. Making both parts start with a subject - verb - infinitive structure corrects it.
  3. "Snorkeling near a coral reef" (verb - ing - prepositional phrase) and "to sail on the ocean" (infinitive - prepositional phrase) are not parallel. Changing "to sail" to "sailing" makes the verb forms parallel.
  4. "Rolled down the mountain" (past - tense verb - prepositional phrase) and "blocking the road" (verb - ing - prepositional phrase) are not parallel. Changing "blocking" to "blocked" makes the verb forms parallel.
  5. The original sentence has "Jim was born in Maine" (subject - verb - prepositional phrase), "Pearl was born in Texas" (subject - verb - prepositional phrase), and "Iowa is where Roy was born" (noun - verb - clause) which is not parallel. Rewriting the third part to follow the same subject - verb - prepositional phrase structure as the first two corrects it.

Answer:

  1. Many explorers have pursued quests relentlessly and pursued dreams fearlessly.
  2. Georgianne promised to be on time, and Jake promised to be ready.
  3. His dream vacation would include snorkeling near a coral reef and sailing on the ocean.
  4. Rocks rolled down the mountain and blocked the road.
  5. Jim was born in Maine, Pearl was born in Texas, and Roy was born in Iowa.