4. Choose the sentence that expresses the thought most clearly and effectively and that has no errors in structure.

A) Playing tennis helps a teenager gain poise, learn to be coordinated, and build strength.

B) Playing tennis helps a teenager gain poise, learn coordination, and build strength.

C) Playing tennis helps a teenager to gain poise, learn to be coordinated, and for building strength.


4. The correct choice is B.

Choice B contains a parallel structure. The other choices lack parallelism, and are unnecessarily wordy.

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