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Difficulty: MediumParallel Structure

The modern architect focused on both restoring the structural integrity of the historic theater and to modernize its sound system for contemporary performances.

Which choice best maintains the parallel structure of the sentence?

  1. A
    NO CHANGE
  2. modernizingAnswer
  3. C
    modernized
  4. D
    modernization of

Answer

The correct answer is 'modernizing' because it is a gerund, which matches the grammatical form of the preceding gerund 'restoring' to maintain parallel structure.
The correct answer is 'modernizing' because it is a gerund, which matches the grammatical form of 'restoring' and maintains the parallel structure required by the correlative conjunction 'both... and'.

Step-by-Step Solution

1
Identify the grammatical structure of the sentence and the conjunction connecting the elements.
The sentence uses the correlative conjunction 'both... and' to connect two actions that the architect focused on.
This establishes the relationship between the parts of the sentence that must be parallel.
2
Determine the grammatical form of the first element in the parallel structure.
The first element is 'restoring', which is a gerund phrase.
The second element must match this grammatical form to maintain parallelism.
3
Select the option that matches the gerund form of the first element.
The gerund form is 'modernizing'.
This maintains parallel structure with 'restoring', making the sentence grammatically correct.

Key Concept

Parallel structure with correlative conjunctions requires elements joined by 'both... and' to share the same grammatical form.
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