7. Which sentence uses correct parallel construction?


A. Most people enjoy ice cream and the plant grows.
B. Anyone who is going to work here will have to be athletic, an intelligent person, and have a good sense of humor.
C. You can either talk to the manager about your problem or writing a letter to the president of the company.
[D. The painter wore glasses, gloves, and boots.]

Right.

Which sentence uses correct parallel construction?


A. You can either talk to the manager about your problem or writing a letter to the president of the company.
B. Anyone who is going to work here will have to be athletic, an intelligent person, and have a good sense of humor.
C. The painter wore glasses, gloves, and boots.
D. Most people enjoy ice cream and the plant grows.

The sentence that uses correct parallel construction is D. "The painter wore glasses, gloves, and boots."

Parallel construction is the repetition of a grammatical structure in a sentence. In this case, the sentence presents a list of items, and each item follows the same structure: noun + verb. In option D, "glasses," "gloves," and "boots" are all nouns, and "wore" is the verb that follows each one. This consistency in structure creates parallelism.

Let's analyze the other options to understand why they do not use parallel construction:

Option A: "Most people enjoy ice cream and the plant grows."
In this sentence, "enjoy" is a verb, while "grows" is another verb. The structure of the two clauses is not parallel, as they don't have the same grammatical structure. To make it parallel, it should be something like "Most people enjoy ice cream, and the plant also grows."

Option B: "Anyone who is going to work here will have to be athletic, an intelligent person, and have a good sense of humor."
In this sentence, the structure is almost parallel. However, the last item, "have a good sense of humor," deviates from the structure "be + adjective." To make it parallel, it would be better to say "Anyone who is going to work here will have to be athletic, intelligent, and have a good sense of humor."

Option C: "You can either talk to the manager about your problem or writing a letter to the president of the company."
In this sentence, the first item is a verb phrase ("talk to the manager about your problem"), while the second item is a gerund ("writing a letter to the president of the company"). To make it parallel, it should be something like "You can either talk to the manager about your problem or write a letter to the president of the company."

In conclusion, the sentence that demonstrates correct parallel construction is option D: "The painter wore glasses, gloves, and boots."