Nonrestrictive Elements and Parallel Structure

Question 1

Read through the passage, and decide whether each sentence is written in a parallel structure. If not, correct the sentence with a choice from the drop-down menu.

Revolt · Accepted Answer

”Today was my first time behind the wheel. My father was my instructor for the day, and he picked me up. We were reviewing road signs and practiced turn signals before we started . I turned on the eng: Change “were reviewing” to “reviewed.”; ”Today was my first time behind the wheel. My father was my instructor for the day, and he picked me up. We were reviewing road signs and practiced turn signals before we started . I turned on the eng: Change to “my father muttered instructions.”; ”Today was my first time behind the wheel. My father was my instructor for the day, and he picked me up. We were reviewing road signs and practiced turn signals before we started . I turned on the eng: Correct as is.

Question 2

Read through the passage, and decide whether each sentence is written in a parallel structure. If not, correct the sentence with a choice from the drop-down menu.

Revolt · Accepted Answer

✔ Change “were reviewing” to “reviewed.”; ”Today was my first time behind the wheel. My father was my instructor for the day, and he picked me up. We were reviewing road signs and practiced turn signals before we started . I turned on the eng: Change “were reviewing” to “reviewed.”; ”Today was my first time behind the wheel. My father was my instructor for the day, and he picked me up. We were reviewing road signs and practiced turn signals before we started . I turned on the eng: Change to “my father muttered instructions.”; ”Today was my first time behind the wheel. My father was my instructor for the day, and he picked me up. We were reviewing road signs and practiced turn signals before we started . I turned on the eng: Correct as is.

Question 3

Correct as is.✔ Change to “my father muttered instructions.”Change to “instructions muttered my father.”

Revolt · Accepted Answer

✔ Change to “my father muttered instructions.”

Question 4

✔ Correct as is.Change “checked” to “checking.”Change “crept” to “creeping.”

Revolt · Accepted Answer

✔ Correct as is.

Question 5

How could you rewrite sentence 2 to include a nonrestrictive element?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

My father, my instructor for the day, picked me up.

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