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Choose the sentence that is not parallel. |
| | A) | I don't like eating spicy tacos, raw tuna, or burned toast. |
| | B) | I don't like spicy tacos, raw tuna, or toast that is burned. |
| | C) | I don't like eating tacos that are spicy, tuna that is raw, or toast that is burned. |
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Choose the sentence that is not parallel. |
| | A) | Of all the Seven Dwarfs, my favourites are Sleepy, Sneezy, and Doc. |
| | B) | Sleepy, Sneezy, and Doc are my favourites of all the Seven Dwarfs. |
| | C) | Of all the Seven Dwarfs, my favourites are Sleepy, Sneezy, and the one called Doc. |
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Choose the sentence that is not parallel. |
| | A) | If I were you, I would be leaving town and finding work. |
| | B) | If I were you, I would leave town and find work. |
| | C) | If I were you, I would leave town and be finding work. |
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Choose the sentence that is not parallel. |
| | A) | It is dark, it is dreary, and it is gloomy outside. |
| | B) | It is dark, it is dreary, and gloomy outside. |
| | C) | It is dark, dreary, and gloomy outside. |
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Choose the sentence that is not parallel. |
| | A) | My favourite activities on Friday nights were dinner and going to a movie. |
| | B) | Dinner and a movie were my favourite activities on Friday nights. |
| | C) | Eating dinner and going to a movie were my favourite activities on Friday nights. |
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Choose the sentence that is not parallel. |
| | A) | Michael sighed, laughed, and tears were coming down his face when he watched movies of a family reunion. |
| | B) | Michael sighed, laughed, and cried when he watched movies of a family reunion. |
| | C) | Michael was sighing, laughing, and crying when he watched movies of a family reunion. |
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Choose the sentence that is not parallel. |
| | A) | The Halloween decorations included black-clothed witches, white ghosts, and greenish goblins. |
| | B) | The Halloween decorations included witches dressed in black, white ghosts, and greenish goblins. |
| | C) | The Halloween decorations included witches dressed in black, ghosts made of white sheets, and goblins with greenish flesh. |
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Choose the sentence that is not parallel. |
| | A) | Nobody passed the exam except Rosa, Leonard, and a student named Sheila. |
| | B) | Nobody passed the exam except a new student named Rosa, a senior named Leonard, and a research assistant named Sheila. |
| | C) | Only Rosa, Leonard, and Sheila passed the exam. |
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Choose the sentence that is not parallel. |
| | A) | I was stuck on the 401 behind a stretch limousine, a noisy bus, and a fruit truck. |
| | B) | I was stuck on the 401 behind a stretch limousine, a noisy bus, and a truck that was carrying fruit. |
| | C) | I was stuck on 401; in front of me were a limousine nearly a block long, a bus making so much noise I could barely hear my radio, and a truck carrying fruit. |
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Choose the sentence that is not parallel. |
| | A) | The creaking sound not only woke me but also it sent a shiver down my spine. |
| | B) | The creaking sound not only woke me from my dreams but also chilled me to the bone. |
| | C) | The creaking sound not only woke me but also chilled me. |
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Choose the sentence that is parallel. |
| | A) | He can do one of two things: either he goes to the store, or he will wait for us here. |
| | B) | He can do one of two things: either he will go to the store, or he waits for us here. |
| | C) | He can do one of two things: either he goes to the store, or he waits for us here. |
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Choose the sentence that is parallel. |
| | A) | Have you ever tried orange tomatoes, yellow string beans, or red bananas? |
| | B) | Have you ever tried orange tomatoes, yellow string beans, or bananas that are red? |
| | C) | Have you ever tried tomatoes that are orange, string beans that are yellow, or red bananas? |
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Choose the sentence that is parallel. |
| | A) | Prices in fast-food restaurants are rising faster than other restaurant prices. |
| | B) | Prices in fast-food restaurants are rising faster than those in other restaurants. |
| | C) | Fast-food restaurant prices are rising faster than those in other restaurants. |
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Choose the sentence that is parallel. |
| | A) | I often sleep through my alarm, a habit that makes me late for work and getting me into trouble with my boss. |
| | B) | I often sleep through my alarm, a habit that makes me late for work and to get into trouble with my boss. |
| | C) | I often sleep through my alarm, a habit that makes me late for work and gets me into trouble with my boss. |
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Choose the sentence that is parallel. |
| | A) | Gloria had overfed the goldfish but was failing to give the parrot enough to eat. |
| | B) | Gloria had given the goldfish too much to eat but the parrot was underfed. |
| | C) | Gloria had overfed the goldfish but underfed the parrot. |
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Choose the sentence that is not parallel. |
| | A) | A needle, a pair of scissors, some thread, and a steady hand are all you need to sew on a button. |
| | B) | A needle, a pair of scissors, some thread, and a hand that is steady are all you need to sew on a button. |
| | C) | Sewing on a button requires a needle, a pair of scissors, some thread, and a steady hand. |
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Choose the sentence that is not parallel. |
| | A) | If I win the lottery, I will quit my job, buy a sailboat, and go to Hawaii. |
| | B) | If I win the lottery, I will quit my job, I will buy a sailboat, and I will go to Hawaii. |
| | C) | If I win the lottery, I'll quit my job, buy a sailboat, and I'll go to Hawaii. |
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Choose the sentence that is not parallel. |
| | A) | We spent the day visiting a museum rather than seeing a film. |
| | B) | We spent the day visiting a museum rather than to see a film. |
| | C) | We decided to visit a museum rather than to see a film. |
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Considering the guidelines for avoiding faulty parallelism, choose the best version of the three sentences below. |
| | A) | Solar heating for a large building is technically different from a single-family home. |
| | B) | Solar heating for a large building is technically different from that for a single-family home. |
| | C) | Solar heating for a large building is technically different from single-family homes. |
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Considering the guidelines for avoiding faulty parallelism, choose the best version of the three sentences below. |
| | A) | Not only did Gregor Mendel study the colour of peas, but also the seed shapes. |
| | B) | Gregor Mendel studied not only the colour of the peas, but also the way seeds were shaped. |
| | C) | Gregor Mendel studied not only the colour of the peas, but also the shapes of the seeds. |
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