Shelia E. is a singer and plays the drums. Which error is made in the above sentence? A. coordinating excessively B. lacking par

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allelism C. using an incorrect conjunction D. linking coordinate ideas incorrectly
the answer is B

2 answers:

Tanzania [10] · Answer 1 · 2022-01-30T05:24:16+03:00

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B.

Explanation:

If you use nouns in both cases, you will have a revised sentence with parallelism. "Shelia E. is a singer and drum player."

viva [34] · Answer 2 · 2022-01-30T03:12:51+03:00

Answer:

B. lacking parallelism

Explanation:

The original sentence contains a predicate nominative (singer) and an action verb (plays), which shows lack of parallelism.

The best way to fix the error would be to use a parallel structure, which is the repetition of a certain grammatical form within a sentence:

"Shelia E. sings and plays the drums."

Now the sentence uses two action verbs sings and plays in the present tense, and this is an example of parallelism.