Swimming Strokes by Lee Carroll
Paragraph 2: When most people think of swimming, they think of the crawl stroke. It involves flutter kicking with your legs as you pull yourself through the water with your arms while alternating your breathing from side to side. The most important part of the crawl stroke is the pull, so strength in the arms are important. The motion of the arms are hand-over-hand. To do the pull, start with the left arm bent at the elbow with the hand pointed down to your hip while the right hand is stretched out in front of you. Pull the hand down through the water until it brush your right thigh. At the same time, bring your right elbow up and reach out in front of you with your right hand. Then repeat the pattern. To me, the hardest part of the crawl stroke is getting the rhythm of your breathing down. A typical pattern is right-arm pull, left-arm pull, right-arm pull and breathe on the left side; followed by left-arm pull, right-arm pull, left-arm pull while breathing on the right side. How many errors are there in paragraph 2 relating to subject-verb agreement, parallelism, and pronoun-antecedent agreement because the errors in this passage range from 0 to 3 errors and nothing more than 3 errors?
I found 2 errors in subject-verb agreement, 1 error in parallelism, and 1 error in pronoun-antecedent agreement
Please tell me where the errors are that you found. Then I can help you.
The motion of the arms is
until it brushes
And you found?
Sra
To determine the errors in paragraph 2, we will analyze the passage and focus on subject-verb agreement, parallelism, and pronoun-antecedent agreement.
1. Subject-verb agreement error: None found.
The passage maintains correct subject-verb agreement; there are no errors related to this rule.
2. Parallelism error: One error found.
The sentence "To me, the hardest part of the crawl stroke is getting the rhythm of your breathing down" lacks parallel structure. The phrase "getting the rhythm of your breathing down" should match the structure of the sentence, so it should be either "getting down the rhythm of your breathing" or "getting the rhythm of your breathing down."
3. Pronoun-antecedent agreement error: One error found.
The error in this category is the pronoun "it" in the sentence "Pull the hand down through the water until it brush your right thigh." The pronoun "it" should agree with its antecedent, which is "hand." Therefore, it should be "it brushes" instead of "it brush."
In total, there are 2 errors in subject-verb agreement, 1 error in parallelism, and 1 error in pronoun-antecedent agreement.