Question

Read the sentence, which does not use parallel structure.


Every day after work, Sam enjoyed adding new visuals to his music videos, edited them for inconsistencies, added multiple layers of shapes and colors, and testing them with a new projector.


Which option correctly revises the sentence?


A. Every day after work, Sam enjoyed adding new visuals to his music videos, edits them for inconsistencies, added multiple layers of colors and shapes, and tested them with a new projector.

B. Every day after work, Sam enjoyed adding new visuals to his music videos, edits them for inconsistencies, adds multiple layers of colors and shapes, and testing them with a new projector.

C. Every day after work, Sam enjoyed adding new visuals to his music videos, editing them for inconsistencies, adding multiple layers of shapes and colors, and testing them with a new projector.

D. Every day after work, Sam enjoyed adding new visuals to his music videos, edits them for inconsistencies, adding multiple layers of colors and shapes, and tests them with a new projector.

can someone help me please I am having a hard time understanding!

Answer 1

Here's why that original sentence is not parallel:

Every day after work, Sam enjoyed
~ adding new visuals to his music videos,
~ edited them for inconsistencies,
~ added multiple layers of shapes and colors, and
~ testing them with a new projector.

Two of those participles are present (-ing) and two are in past (-ed). Which of the choices fixes* that error AND keeps the original meaning?

*That is, makes them all end in -ing or all in -ed?