A parallel list — Sentence Correction Aptitude Question
A parallel list: Choose the correct sentence: Answer and worked solution on CodeKairo.
- Topic: Sentence Correction
- Section: Verbal Ability
- Difficulty: Medium
- Time target: 55 seconds
Question
Choose the correct sentence:
Options
- The job requires accuracy, patience and being punctual.
- The job requires accuracy, patience and punctuality.
- The job requires being accurate, patience and punctuality.
- The job requires to be accurate, patient and punctuality.
Show the answer and the worked solution
Correct answer: B. The job requires accuracy, patience and punctuality.
Worked solution
- The list needs three items of the same form.
- accuracy, patience and punctuality are all nouns.
Answer: The job requires accuracy, patience and punctuality.
The idea
Read the list with the introducing phrase repeated before each item. Anything that does not fit breaks the parallelism.
Shortcut. The first two items, accuracy and patience, are nouns, so the third must be a noun too: punctuality. Every option containing 'being' or 'to be' mixes forms and is out.
Common trap. "The job requires accuracy, patience and being punctual." — the gerund phrase reads smoothly in speech, but it breaks the run of nouns; 'punctuality' keeps the list parallel.