Which sentence is an example of faulty parallelism?

Paul enjoys singing, but he is not very good at it.

Paul wants to join the band, start a choral group, and take more guitar lessons.

Paul plays the guitar, the saxophone, and the bass.

Paul prefers the guitar to playing the saxophone.

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Marin Koch

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6 May, 17:50

Which sentence is an example of faulty parallelism?

Paul enjoys singing, but he is not very good at it.

Paul wants to join the band, start a choral group, and take more guitar lessons.

Paul plays the guitar, the saxophone, and the bass.

Paul prefers the guitar to playing the saxophone.

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Taliyah Luna · Answer 1

The answer is the first one. The person is contradicting themselves by saying that Paul is good one minute, then turning around and saying that Paul isn't good. If you are really trying to find out what parallelism is, it is when one thing agrees, or is aligned with something else.

Which sentence is an example of faulty parallelism?Paul enjoys singing, but he is not very good at it.Paul wants to join the band, start a choral group, and take more guitar lessons.Paul plays the guitar, the saxophone, and the bass.Paul prefers the guitar to playing the saxophone.

Which sentence is an example of faulty parallelism?

Paul enjoys singing, but he is not very good at it.

Paul wants to join the band, start a choral group, and take more guitar lessons.

Paul plays the guitar, the saxophone, and the bass.

Paul prefers the guitar to playing the saxophone.