Iknow i have the body but of a weak and feeble woman; but i have the heart and stomach of a king, and of a king of england too, and think foul scorn that parma or spain, or any prince of europe, should dare to invade the borders of my realm; to which, rather than any dishonour shall grow by me, i myself will take up arms, i myself will be your general, judge, and rewarder of every one of your virtues in the field.

–address to the troops at tilbury,
queen elizabeth i

what is queen elizabeth's purpose in this passage?

to inform the troops of their orders for the upcoming battle
to persuade the troops that they should invade spain
to inform the troops about past kings of england
to persuade the troops that she is a capable commander

'and therefore I am come amongst you, as you see, at this time, not for my recreation and disport, but being resolved, in the midst and heat of the battle, to live and die amongst you all; to lay down for my God, and for my kingdom, and my people, my honour and my blood, even in the dust.', said Queen Elizabeth I when she addressed the troops at Tilbury.

Before battles, it is common for the troops to be addressed by those in command to reassure their presence and loyalty and motivate soldiers for the fight.

In her speech, the Queen's purpose is to persuade the troops that she is a capable commander: loyal, brave, willing to live and die for her subjects and for the honor or her country. Her is speech is celebrated till this day.

faulty parallelism is a construction in which two or more parts of a sentence are equivalent in meaning but not grammatically similar in form.

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

the hikers knew that the hike was six miles, that it usually required the entire day, and it would not be wise to start after 10: 00 a.m.

the problem is the last sentence, the first two have 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 all three sentences:

the hikers knew that the hike was six miles, that it usually required the entire day, and it would not be wise to start after 10: 00 a.m.

shu9sfuidayfsdpisyvruo i wanr them nnuegt

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