Parallel structure should be used when you connect clauses with a coordinating conjunction such as: for, and, nor, or, but, so, or yet. Some examples of this include: Correct: Every morning, we make our bed, eat breakfast and feed the dog. Incorrect: Every morning, we make our bed, eating breakfast and feed the dog.
<span>But then Odysseus also had a lot of pride, which was the reason he told Polyphemus that his name was Odysseus . This is the reason it took so long to get home because Poseidon was mad at him</span>
Excerpt from: Life on the Mississippi
Mark Twain
THERE was no use in arguing with a person like this. I promptly put such a strain on my memory that by and by even the shoal water and the countless crossing-marks began to stay with me. But the result was just the same. I never could more than get one knotty thing learned before another presented itself. Now I had often seen pilots gazing at the water and pretending to read it as if it were a book; but it was a book that told me nothing. A time came at last, however, when Mr. Bixby seemed to think me far enough advanced to bear a lesson on water-reading. So he began—
What conclusion can you make from the first paragraph?
A) Mr. Bixby dislikes the narrator.
B) The narrator is angry with Mr. Bixby.
C) The narrator thinks Mr. Bixby is stubborn.
D) Mr. Bixby thinks the narrator is stubborn.
C) The narrator thinks Mr. Bixby is stubborn.
Answer:
I might be wrong but i think its A hopefully it is but if i am wrong plz correct me
Explanation:
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