Which of the following edits improves the parallelism of the following sentence? Three reasons that people enjoy takeout are that the food is fast, takeout is efficient, and you don't have to cook. A. People like takeout for the convenience and it's fast and you don't have to cook. B. Three reasons that people enjoy takeout are that it's fast food, takeout is efficient, and there's no cooking. C. Three reasons that people enjoy takeout are that the food is fast, it's efficient, and the cooking is done for them. D. Three reasons that people enjoy takeout are that the food is fast, the experience is efficient, and the cooking is done for them

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Angelique Wiggins

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9 October, 10:09

Which of the following edits improves the parallelism of the following sentence? Three reasons that people enjoy takeout are that the food is fast, takeout is efficient, and you don't have to cook. A. People like takeout for the convenience and it's fast and you don't have to cook. B. Three reasons that people enjoy takeout are that it's fast food, takeout is efficient, and there's no cooking. C. Three reasons that people enjoy takeout are that the food is fast, it's efficient, and the cooking is done for them. D. Three reasons that people enjoy takeout are that the food is fast, the experience is efficient, and the cooking is done for them

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Isabel · Answer 1

The correct option is D) "Three reasons that people enjoy takeout are that the food is fast, the experience is efficient, and the cooking is done for them."

Parallelism is a writing resource that adds cohesion to a text. Parallel structures follow the same pattern and grammar structure. In this case, the author is enumerating reasons using the pattern "subject + verb to be + object". The subject shares the same structure in the three examples "the food, the experience, the cooking".

In the other examples, there is always a break in the pattern.