Choose the sentence that does not contain parallel elements.

a)whether you’re a long-time marathoner or a first-time runner, consider signing up for a 5k race.

b) last year, my lab partner and i got first place in the school science fair, second place in the state science fair, and fifth place at nationals.

c)after school today, i’ll go to soccer practice, and then jamie is supposed to pick me up in her new car.

After school today, I’ll go to soccer practice, and then Jamie is supposed to pick me up in her new car.

Option: C

Explanation:

In the first sentence, the two parallel elements are ‘a long time marathoner’ and ‘a first time runner’. Both are considered to be parallel because they talk about a person in the same context which is running. They talk about the different experience in running, and thus are parallel.

In the second sentence, the parallel elements are ‘first place in school science fair’, ‘second place in the state science fair’, and ‘ fifth place in nationals’. Here the elements are parallel they say about the students winning different places in a science fair.

The third sentence does not have parallel elements as the two sentences, ‘I’ll go to soccer practice’ and ‘Jamie is supposed to pick me up in his new car’, do not talk about things in the same context. They talk about two different unrelated actions. Thus this sentence does not contain parallel elements.

because their parents want them to be in the top and get a nice job

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