Which sentence contains correct parallel structure?

He wanted three things out of the class: to learn a new skill, to make new friends, and to develop a different mindset.

He wanted three things out of the class: to learn a new skill, making new friends, and developing a different mindset.

He wanted three things out of the class: learning a new skill, to make new friends, and to develop a different mindset.

He wanted three things out of the class: learning a new skill, making new friends, and to develop a different mindset.

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Jaqueline Bass

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3 January, 17:56

Which sentence contains correct parallel structure?

He wanted three things out of the class: to learn a new skill, to make new friends, and to develop a different mindset.

He wanted three things out of the class: to learn a new skill, making new friends, and developing a different mindset.

He wanted three things out of the class: learning a new skill, to make new friends, and to develop a different mindset.

He wanted three things out of the class: learning a new skill, making new friends, and to develop a different mindset.

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Alex Greer · Answer 1

He wanted three things out of the class: to learn a new skill, to make new friends, and to develop a different mindset.

Explanation:

Three infinitives (to learn, to make, to develop) explain the object three things; that's parallelism, i. e. use of identical grammatical construction.

The other options use both gerund (s) and infinitive (s). Using different constructions cannot create parallelism; that's why those sentences do not contain correct parallel structure.