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complete the sentence.
the proposed bike path would run along the west side of the interstate, under the viaduct, and ______________.
past the baseball fields
continue past the baseball fields
To complete the sentence, we need to maintain parallel structure. The original sentence has verbs in the base form (run, under - here "under" is a preposition but the main verbs are "run" and we need a parallel structure for the third part). The first option "past the baseball fields" is a prepositional phrase, while the second option "continue past the baseball fields" has the verb "continue" which is parallel to "run" (both base form verbs in the context of the sentence's structure, showing the sequence of actions the bike path would take). Wait, no, actually, let's re - examine. The sentence structure: "would run... (prepositional phrase), (prepositional phrase), and...". Wait, no, "run along...", "under...", and then the third part. Wait, maybe the parallelism is in the verb phrases. Wait, "run along..." is a verb phrase, "under the viaduct" is a prepositional phrase (but maybe "run" is implied for the prepositional phrases? No, maybe the correct parallelism is that "run", "under" (but "under" is a preposition, maybe the structure is "would run... (adverbial phrase), (adverbial phrase), and (adverbial phrase)". Wait, no, the two options: "past the baseball fields" is a prepositional phrase (like "along the west side", "under the viaduct"), so it's parallel. "continue past the baseball fields" has a verb "continue", which would make the structure "would run..., under..., and continue...", which is also a parallel structure of verbs. Wait, now I'm confused. Wait, let's check the original sentence: "The proposed bike path would run along the west side of the interstate, under the viaduct, and...". So the first two parts: "run along..." (verb + prepositional phrase), "under the viaduct" (prepositional phrase, with "run" implied? Or is "under the viaduct" a separate action? No, the bike path would run along..., run under..., and run past...? Wait, no, the prepositional phrases are adverbials describing where the bike path runs. So "run along...", "under...", and "past...". So "past the baseball fields" is parallel to "along the west side" and "under the viaduct" as prepositional phrases. "continue past the baseball fields" has a verb "continue", which would be a new verb, breaking the parallelism of the prepositional phrases. Wait, but maybe the sentence is structured as a series of actions: "would run..., (then) under..., and (then) continue...". But that seems less parallel. Wait, let's look at the options again. The first option: "past the baseball fields" – this is a prepositional phrase, so the sentence would be "would run along..., under..., and past...", which is parallel in structure (prepositional phrases as adverbials). The second option: "continue past the baseball fields" – here, "continue" is a verb, so the sentence would be "would run..., under..., and continue...", which is a parallelism of verbs. But which is correct? Wait, maybe the intended parallelism is the prepositional phrases. Because "along the west side", "under the viaduct", and "past the baseball fields" are all prepositional phrases describing the path of the bike path. So "past the baseball fields" is parallel. But wait, another way: "run along...", "under...", and "continue past...". No, that doesn't seem right. Wait, maybe the key is that "run" is the main verb, and the other parts are adverbial phrases. So "run along...", "under...", and "past...". So the first option is correct. Wait, but I'm not sure. Wait, let's check grammar rules. Parallel structure requires that elements in a series be in the same grammatical form. In the sentence, "along the west…
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A. past the baseball fields