Question

Read the sentence: "Selena could not decide which was the cleverest: the skeleton bride holding flowers, the skeleton cowboy that held a lariat, or the skeleton poet holding a book." How should the sentence be revised to correctly use parallel structure?

1. Selena could not decide which was the cleverest: the skeleton bride with flowers, the skeleton cowboy that held a lariat, or the skeleton poet holding a book.


2. Selena could not decide which was the cleverest: the skeleton bride holding flowers, the skeleton cowboy holding a lariat, or the skeleton poet that ways holding a book.


3. Selena could not decide which was the cleverest: the skeleton bride holding flowers, the skeleton cowboy that held a lariat, or the skeleton poet holding a book.


4. Selena could not decide which was the cleverest: the skeleton bride holding flowers, the skeleton cowboy holding a lariat, or the skeleton poet holding a book.

Answer 1

4 - Selena could not decide which was the cleaverest: the skeleton bride holding flowers, the skeletcon cowboy holding a lariat, or the skeleton poet holding a book.

Step-by-step explanation:

In order for the sentence to have parallel structure the verb must be consistent - option 4 is the only one where each skeleton is 'holding' something.