Question

What is the best way to combine these lines into one sentence with a parallel structure?
Two distinct processes are involved:
the construction of meaning
to organize ideas

The construction of meaning and to organize ideas are two distinct processes.

The construction of meaning and idea organization are two distinct processes.

To construct meaning and organizing ideas are two distinct processes.

Constructing meaning and organizing ideas are two distinct processes.

Answer 1

its not c

Answer 2

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Answer 3

what do you think?

Answer 4

d?

Answer 5

or b

Answer 6

Look at this example.

Not parallel:

Participating in the civil rights movement required patience, courage, and having faith.

Here,

Patience = Noun
Courage = Noun
Having faith = Phrase

In the above example, the words ‘patience,’ ‘courage,’ and ‘having faith’ performs the same function – Object of verb, but they are in different forms.

The message is clear, but the phrase ‘having faith’ is not parallel with the other nouns. We can revise the above sentence by expressing parallel ideas in the same grammatical form.

Parallel:

Participating in the civil rights movement required patience, courage, and having faith.

Here,

Patience = Noun
Courage = Noun
Having faith = Noun

Answer 7

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