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Zorluk: OrtaParallel Structure

A study of urban vertical farming suggests that such systems are highly efficient, using significantly less water than traditional agriculture, maximizing vertical space, and they can minimize transportation costs by bringing produce closer to consumers.

Which of the following alternatives to the underlined portion best maintains parallel structure in the sentence?

  1. A
    NO CHANGE
  2. minimizingCevap
  3. C
    to minimize
  4. D
    minimized

Cevap

The option 'minimizing' correctly completes the list with a present participle phrase to match the structure of the preceding elements.
The correct option 'minimizing' uses the present participle form of the verb, which perfectly aligns with the grammatical structure of the previous items in the list: 'using' and 'maximizing'.

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1
Identify the elements in the series or list within the sentence.
The sentence lists three beneficial features of urban vertical farming: 'using significantly less water...', 'maximizing vertical space...', and the underlined portion.
Parallel structure requires all elements in a series to share the same grammatical form.
2
Determine the grammatical form of the non-underlined elements in the series.
Both 'using' and 'maximizing' are present participles (-ing verb forms).
This establishes that the third element must also be a present participle to maintain parallelism.
3
Evaluate the choices to find the one that uses a present participle.
The option 'minimizing' matches the present participle form, whereas 'NO CHANGE' ('they can minimize') is a clause, 'to minimize' is an infinitive, and 'minimized' is a past participle/past tense verb.
Selecting 'minimizing' ensures grammatical consistency and correctness.

Anahtar Kavram

Parallel Structure in lists requires all items in a series to share the same grammatical structure.
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Parallel Structure

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