which sentence uses parallel construction? \n1. the interrelationship between reading and the ability to…

which sentence uses parallel construction? \n1. the interrelationship between reading and the ability to write is evident. \n2. the interrelationship between writing ability and the ability to read is evident. \n3. the interrelationship between the ability to read and writing ability is evident. \n4. the interrelationship between reading ability and writing ability is evident.

which sentence uses parallel construction? \n1. the interrelationship between reading and the ability to write is evident. \n2. the interrelationship between writing ability and the ability to read is evident. \n3. the interrelationship between the ability to read and writing ability is evident. \n4. the interrelationship between reading ability and writing ability is evident.

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Brief Explanations:

Parallel construction requires similar grammatical structures for items in a pair (like "between...and..."). In option 4, "reading ability" and "writing ability" are both noun phrases with the same structure (gerund + noun). Option 1 has "reading" (gerund) and "the ability to write" (noun phrase with infinitive), option 2 has "writing ability" and "the ability to read" (different structures), and option 3 has "the ability to read" (infinitive - based) and "writing ability" (gerund - based), so they lack parallelism.

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  1. The interrelationship between reading ability and writing ability is evident.