Question
What is the best way to create parallelism in the following sentence?
Chief Joseph felt that freedom meant thinking for himself, speaking for himself, and the ability to do things for himself.
A.
Change "meant" to "was the ability of."
B.
Change "thinking" to "to think" and "speaking to" to "speak."
C.
Change "speaking" to "the ability to speak."
D.
Change "the ability to do" to "doing."
Chief Joseph felt that freedom meant thinking for himself, speaking for himself, and the ability to do things for himself.
A.
Change "meant" to "was the ability of."
B.
Change "thinking" to "to think" and "speaking to" to "speak."
C.
Change "speaking" to "the ability to speak."
D.
Change "the ability to do" to "doing."
Answers
GPT-4o mini
The best way to create parallelism in the sentence is:
**B. Change "thinking" to "to think" and "speaking" to "to speak."**
This adjustment aligns the verbs in the infinitive form ("to think," "to speak," "to do"), creating a parallel structure that enhances clarity and rhythm in the sentence. The revised sentence would read:
"Chief Joseph felt that freedom was the ability to think for himself, to speak for himself, and to do things for himself."
**B. Change "thinking" to "to think" and "speaking" to "to speak."**
This adjustment aligns the verbs in the infinitive form ("to think," "to speak," "to do"), creating a parallel structure that enhances clarity and rhythm in the sentence. The revised sentence would read:
"Chief Joseph felt that freedom was the ability to think for himself, to speak for himself, and to do things for himself."