The passage below is from an essay about ancient Roman engineering. Which form of the verb 'remove' completes the passage so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
Answer:In his analysis of ancient Roman infrastructure, historian Marcus Vance argues that aqueducts were designed not only to transport freshwater to growing cities but also to 【remove】 waste from public baths. These stone channels represented a major leap in civil engineering, vastly transforming urban sanitation and improving public health across the empire.
Answer
remove
The sentence employs the correlative conjunction 'not only... but also...' to connect two actions. The first action is expressed using the infinitive construction 'to transport'. To maintain parallel structure, the second action must also use an infinitive construction. Because the word 'to' precedes the blank in the sentence ('but also to {{blank_1}}'), the blank must be filled with the base verb 'remove' to form the parallel infinitive 'to remove'.
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Key Concept
Parallel Structure with Correlative Conjunctions
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