<p>The psychologist states that most people want the same things: (interesting and meaningful work, respect, and to have them be loved for themselves alone. )</p>
<p>(A) interesting and meaningful work, respect, and to have them be loved for themselves alone<br>
(B) to have interesting and meaningful work, respect, and loved for themselves alone<br>
(C) work that has interest and is meaningful, to have respect, and to be beloved for themselves alone<br>
(D) interesting and meaningful work, respect, and their own love<br>
(E) to have interesting and meaningful work, to be respected, and to be loved for themselves alone </p>
<p>Sorry don’t know how to do underline. The part with parenthesis is the underlined part</p>
<p>The right answer is E, but the sentence says people want “things”, doesn’t it imply that what follows should be nouns?</p>
<p>To answer you question, nouns are person, places, things, and ideas. Meaningful work is a thing (or idea), respect is an idea, love is an idea. They are all nouns or at least references to nouns. Also, the word things is a general term which can be related to practically anything in today’s world. </p>
<p>Besides, it is the best answer, which is all collegeboard is looking for.</p>
<p>In choice D, all 3 are nouns. Is this not considered as parallel too?
Actually I was hesitant about putting E because of the word “thing” because I thought it’s not asking for parralel nouns instead of parallel verbs.</p>
<p>Well, “to be _______” is a prepositional phrase that functions as a noun in the context. Although (D) is also an example of correct parallel structure, “their own love” does not mean the same thing as “being loved for themselves.”</p>