Select the word or phrase in the sentence that is NOT used correctly.
Abed, who takes a lot of pride in his luscious garden, told the gardener to water the roses, trim the hedge, and fertilizing the orange and apple trees.

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The use of the gerund "fertilizing" is incorrect, and it should be substituted by "fertilize" to respect this sentence's parallel structure. Parallel structure means using the same pattern of words to show that two or more ideas have the same level of importance. This can happen at the word, phrase, or clause level. The usual way to join parallel structures is with the use of coordinating conjunctions such as and or or.
a lot
These words are used correctly in this sentence.
who
This word is used correctly in this sentence.
to
This word is used correctly in this sentence

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