Question

“During her kayaking class, Lisa learned all the essential skills she would need to guide her small craft on choppy water including steering, rowing, and maintenance.” Which word in the sentence should be changed in order to correctly demonstrate parallel structure?

Answer 1

The word that would need to be changed is 'maintenance'. The other verbs in that part of the sentence end in '-ing', so, in order to demonstrate parallel structure, 'maintenance' would have to be changed to 'maintaining'.