Multiple choice

Directions: This question presents a sentence, all or part of which is underlined. Beneath the sentence you will find five ways of phrasing the underlined part. The first of these repeats the original; the other four are different. If you think the original is best, choose the first answer; otherwise choose one of the others.

Since hard work in an organization always pays and no employee can be a perfectionist, to enjoy success thoroughly is to commit errors and to learn from them

  1. to enjoy success thoroughly is to commit errors and to learn from them

  2. enjoying success thoroughly is committing errors and to learn from them

  3. to enjoy success thoroughly is committing errors and learning from them

  4. enjoying success thoroughly is to commit errors and to learn from them

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A Correct answer
Explanation

The comparable sentence parts (to enjoy…, to commit... and to learn…) are structurally similar. Hence the sentence is parallel.