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Question 7 • Common Core ELA 11 - ELA3011 IC
Use Strunk’s advice to make the second half of the sentence parallel.“the economy had changed, there were shifts in the population, and the war ended”“the economy had changed, and there were shifts in the population, and the war had ended”“the economy had changed, the population had shifted, and the war had ended”
Answer
A
“the economy had changed, there were shifts in the population, and the war ended”
B
“the economy had changed, and there were shifts in the population, and the war had ended”
C
“the economy had changed, the population had shifted, and the war had ended”
Explanation
For parallel structure, the items in a series should use the same grammatical pattern. Choice C uses a subject followed by a past-perfect verb in each part: “the economy had changed,” “the population had shifted,” and “the war had ended.” Choice A breaks the pattern with “there were shifts,” and choice B adds a conjunction without fixing that mismatch.
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