Identify the underlined portion: Tearfully, the little boy put the Nerf gun back on the shelf. A opening adverb example
B delayed adverb example
C prepositional phrase example
D appositive example

faulty parallelism is a grammar construction where there is no balance in the parts of a sentence they have a similar meaning but the grammar structure is not equivalent.

the correct version of this faulty parallelism in the sentence is:

jefferson wrote the declaration of independence, and he was the nation's third president.

the problem with the first version is that the sentence:

"jefferson was both the writer of the declaration of independence"

presents jefferson as both a subject and an agent for the verb "write" because if he was "the writer" then the declaration of independence was written by him, besides that fact, the sentence presents a dependent clause.

while the second sentence:

he was the nation's third president.

presents a basic subject+verb+object structure

so, to give a proper balance to the structure, or better said, to give a parallel structure, we must write a basic s+v+o structure in both sentences:

jefferson wrote the declaration of independence, and he was the nation third president.

answer: yes, ive read this book! now whats the problem ?

explanation:

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answer by yourhope:

hi! : )

which answer best describes the interaction between the elements mentioned in the excerpt?

b. an individual influencing an idea!

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