<p>It is far easier to ride a bicycle than explaining in words exactly how a bicycle is ridden. No Error.</p>
<p>The answer is "than explaining". However, I thought it would be "No Error".
Could anyone please tell me why? Thanks. :)</p>
<p>instead of than explaining, it should be “to explain”</p>
<p>why? because the first part of the sentence says “to ride a bicycle” so to keep the sentence in the same parallel flow, it should be to explain. and when you read it out loud…it is far easier to ride a bicycle than to explain sounds much better than the given.</p>
<p>There’s a lack of parallelism; it should be “to explain”, since the first part of the sentence says “to ride”.</p>
<p>^Lol, we posted at the exact same time.</p>
<p>You guys mean “than to explain”, right? Because, without the ‘than’, it would still have an error. Am I correct? :o</p>
<p>^ yep sorry about that. without the than it would be incorrect, therefore it would be “than to explain”</p>
<p>Thanks! :)</p>
<p>Yeah I see how " than to explain" sounds better, but I don’t see the big deal about " than explaining".</p>
<p>^ did you even read the first response? its not that “than to explain” SOUNDS BETTER (because it doesnt), its that its correct. “Than explaining” doesn’t sound worse, its just incorrect. parallel structure is a requirement (a RULE), not a point of improvement</p>
<p>^ Lol, he’s right. 800 Writing, woohoo!!!</p>