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PSAT: Improving Sentences Question #5

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Avoiding fatty foods, exercising regularly, and visits to the doctor for annual blood tests were recommended as an important regimen.


Question: The underlined portion of the sentence is rephrased in several different ways below. Choose the phrasing that would make the sentence the most accurate and effective. (A) represents leaving the sentence as is.

Choices:
A. and visits to the doctor for annual blood tests were recommended
B. and visits to the doctor for annual blood testing was recommended
C. and visiting the doctor for annual blood tests were recommended
D. and annual visits to the doctor for blood tests were recommended
E. and visiting the doctor for annual blood tests was recommended



The correct answer is (C).

Correct parallel structure requires all of the listed phrases ("Avoiding fatty foods", "exercising regularly", "visiting the doctor") to begin with -ing verb forms as in choices (C)and (E).

In addition, the compound subject requires a plural verb ("were recommended", not "was recommended") which is found only in choice (C).
 
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