This sentence does not contain the parallel structure.
<span>My sisters always bicker over who gets to drive the car, wear the newest dress, and having the best boyfriend.
</span>Parallel structure<span> or parallelism is defined as the repetition of a chosen grammatical form within a sentence.
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In the above sentence the phrase that should be parallel are "drive the car", "wear the newest dres", and "having the best boyfriend". The usage is inconsistent and it creates confusion.
The sentence using the correct parallel structure reads like this:
<span>My sisters always bicker over who gets to drive the car, wear the newest dress, and have the best boyfriend.
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"having" is the present participle form of have. The term "have" is used to refer to a possession or belonging.
(I know this may late and I'm sorry for that but I just took the quiz so I thought I should give you, and anyone looking this up, the answer)
The answers are:
D) He reveals how the Kiowa treated animals and other people with respect
A) Momaday shows the Kiowa migration
B) He depicts how the people were able to provide for themselves for a time.
Hope this helps!
<span>The correct answer is b. The sea calmed, but no boats left shore. Option a is incorrect because there are unnecessary commas between the noun and its verb ("sea, calmed" and "boats, left"). Option c is incorrect because when using a semi colon, the phrases on both sides of it should be able to stand alone. While "the sea calmed" can work by itself, "but no boats, left shore" cannot, thus rendering the semi colon incorrect. Additionally, there is an unnecessary comma between the noun "boats" and the verb "left." Finally, option d is incorrect because there should be a comma before the conjunction "but."</span>
