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TSI Writing: Correcting Parallel Structure Between Clauses 6 Views

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Select the best version of the italicized part of the sentence. If you think the original sentence is best, choose the first answer.

Every time I go to the Grand Canyon, I wished I brought more sunscreen.

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R c writing shmoop er's and other sentence for you
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here we go Just dive in every time i go
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to the grand canyon i wished i brought more sunscreen
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every time i go i wished yeah not so good
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as grand as we hear the kenyon is it cannot

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be much fun without enough sunscreen or without correct parallel
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sentence structure For that matter the verbs and the two
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clauses need to match intense because they're taking place in
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the same time period If the first clause takes place
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in the present tense while the second clause needs to
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match so it should be b i wish i brought
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more sunscreen every time i go to the grand canyon
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i wish i brought more sunscreen like a gallon of
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it Of that you could bathe in it Yeah so
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that's it all right Loser bowl while putting the second
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clause in the past tense you have passed in perfect
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or ask perfect will cause verbal miss mass that's illegal
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in texas and california that's almost his big a fail
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is coming back from vacation with second degree sunburn So
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that's it the answer is b i wish i smoked
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