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.
In order to be able to answer this, we'd need to know what book it is you're reading, as well as the answer choices as the question asks "which of the following best" meaning that they want you to choose the best answer from the choices they’re giving you.
<span>Since the abolition of the fairness doctrine, who or what controls the amount of time given to opposing viewpoints.
the answer is : none of the above</span>
A hyperbole is an extreme literary exaggeration. Such as, "I'm so hungry, I could eat a horse!" Obviously one person could not eat a horse, but instead uses a hyperbole to express his/her hunger.
