Bunuel wrote:
To succeed as an artist requires self-discipline, aspiring, and motivation.
A. aspiring, and motivation
B. aspiring, and motivating
C. aspiration, and motivation
D. to aspire, and motivation
E. aspiration, and also motivation
Official Explanation
(A) This answer choice is
grammatically incorrect. The first and last items in the list are nouns (
self-discipline, motivation), but the middle item is a verb (
aspiring).
What helps us identify this question as a Parallelism question as well as identify the mistake is the following
Stop Sign:
A list of 3 items or more, separated by commas and and/or before the last item.(B) This answer choice
repeats the original Parallelism mistake. The first item in the list is a noun (
self-discipline), but the other two items are verbs (
aspiring, motivating).
(C) In the original sentence, the first and last items in the list are nouns (
self-discipline, motivation), but the middle item is a verb (
aspiring).
This answer choice corrects the mistake by using the noun aspiration.(D) This answer choice
repeats the original Parallelism mistake. The first and last items in the list are nouns (
self-discipline, motivation), but the middle item is a verb (
to aspire).
(E) While this answer choice corrects the original Parallelism mistake and is grammatically correct,
it is stylistically flawed. Using the word also after and creates
redundancy as they both mean the same thing.
Answer: C