What correction should be made to this sentence? Today's hikers prefer a shoe that is six inches high, is made of leather, and thick sturdy composition soles.
I'd change "shoe" to "shoes," and them make the following verbs plural.
To identify the correction needed in the given sentence, let's analyze it:
"Today's hikers prefer a shoe that is six inches high, is made of leather, and thick sturdy composition soles."
The issue with this sentence is that it lacks parallelism. When listing multiple features or characteristics, they should be presented in a consistent and parallel structure. In this case, two of the features are presented with the verb "is" while the third one is not.
To correct the sentence, we should rewrite it in a parallel structure. Here's an example:
"Today's hikers prefer a shoe that is six inches high, is made of leather, and has thick, sturdy composition soles."
In this revised version, all three features are presented using the same structure, creating parallelism. Additionally, I've also added the auxiliary verb "has" before "thick, sturdy composition soles."