Everyone agreed that the stalwart leader was courageous and determined, yet willing to apologize when she made a mistake. in the sentence above, which strategy could best be used to figure out the meaning of "stalwart"? a. identify three adjectives that describe the leader b. notice that the leader was willing to apologize c. recognize that the sentence uses the signal word "yet." d. recognize that the sentence restates "stalwart" with synonyms.

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.