working with partners, the ability to design the studies, and even logging the data are reasons thomas loves…

working with partners, the ability to design the studies, and even logging the data are reasons thomas loves his job.\nwhich revision to the sentence uses parallel structure correctly?\n1. working with partners, designing the studies, and even logging the data are reasons thomas loves his job.\n2. a chance to work with with partners, to design studies, and even logging the data are reasons thomas loves his job.\n3. thomas loves his job because he loves working with partners, the ability to design the studies, and even the data log.\n4. working with partners, the ability to design the studies, and the ability to log the data are reasons thomas loves his job.

working with partners, the ability to design the studies, and even logging the data are reasons thomas loves his job.\nwhich revision to the sentence uses parallel structure correctly?\n1. working with partners, designing the studies, and even logging the data are reasons thomas loves his job.\n2. a chance to work with with partners, to design studies, and even logging the data are reasons thomas loves his job.\n3. thomas loves his job because he loves working with partners, the ability to design the studies, and even the data log.\n4. working with partners, the ability to design the studies, and the ability to log the data are reasons thomas loves his job.

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Brief Explanations:

To determine the correct parallel structure, we check that all items in the list have the same grammatical form. In option 1, "Working with partners", "designing the studies", and "logging the data" are all gerund phrases (verb - ing form), which creates a parallel structure. Option 2 has a mix of infinitive ("to work", "to design") and gerund ("logging") forms. Option 3 has a mix of gerund ("working"), noun phrase ("the ability to design"), and noun phrase ("the data log") forms. Option 4 has a mix of gerund ("Working") and noun phrases ("the ability to design", "the ability to log").

Answer:

  1. Working with partners, designing the studies, and even logging the data are reasons Thomas loves his job.