Question

Rama told his wife, he would not mind standing and eat the dinner.
Choose the appropriate option for the underlined phrase

• A. stand and eat the dinner
• B. stand and eating the dinner
• C. standing and eating the dinner
• D. no correction

Answer 1

The Correct Option is C

The given question is about choosing the correct grammatical phrase to complete the sentence appropriately. The focus is on correcting the underlined part, which is a matter of parallelism in English grammar.

Explanation:

The sentence reads, “Rama told his wife, he would not mind standing and eat the dinner.” The phrase underlined is "standing and eat the dinner".

• In English, parallelism is a grammatical rule that ensures that similar parts of a sentence are presented in a similar way. This means if a sentence contains a list of actions, all verbs should be in the same form.
• Here, the verb "standing" is in the gerund form (i.e., V+ing). For parallel structure, "eat" should also be in gerund form, i.e., "eating".

Step-by-step Analysis of Options:

• Option 1: stand and eat the dinner - This lacks parallelism as "stand" and "eat" are not consistent with "standing".
• Option 2: stand and eating the dinner - Here, "stand" is in the base form, which should match with another base form, not a gerund.
• Option 3: standing and eating the dinner - This is correct as both verbs are in the gerund form, maintaining parallel structure.
• Option 4: no correction - Since the original phrase does not maintain parallelism, no correction is not suitable.

Conclusion:

Thus, the correct answer is "standing and eating the dinner", as it follows the rule of parallelism by ensuring that both verbs are in the gerund form.