Pablo said that sports taught him to follow instructions, prepare for games, adjust to new situations, and the value of losing as well as winning. Where is the error

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Martin Mccall

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31 July, 07:48

Pablo said that sports taught him to follow instructions, prepare for games, adjust to new situations, and the value of losing as well as winning. Where is the error

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Zoe Dyer · Answer 1

And the value of losing as well as winning is the error.

Explanation:

That phrase is wrong because it breaks the parallelism in the sentence. Parallelism means that the same form of a word or phrase is used throughout a sentence; for example, only gerunds or participles are used.

In the sentence above, infinitive phrases are used: to follow instructions, prepare for games, adjust to new situations, and then suddenly a noun is used instead of another infinitive phrase.

The correct sentence would be ... and to value losing as well as winning.