Which sentence contains an error in parallel structure?
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: D. The research paper was criticized for being biased, disorganized, and it lacked documentation.
- Step 1: Parallelism requires items in a series to share the same grammatical form. Step 2. 'Biased' (adj), 'disorganized' (adj), and 'it lacked documentation' (clause) violates parallelism. Answer: The research paper was criticized for being biased, disorganized, and it lacked documentation. Why not the others: B, C, and D maintain parallel forms.
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