Sentence correction from your elected representative

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October 10, 2021
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Sentence correction from your elected representative

Today’s question of the day is a little bit political. Click here for the answer and explanation.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A, B - Incorrect: Parallelism error. The construction both X and Y requires X and Y to be from the same part of speech and parallel in structure, but urban (noun) is not parallel to the rural (article + noun). Plus, predict takes a future tense.

C - Incorrect: Wordy and clumsy.

E - Incorrect: Also wordy and clumsy.

D - Correct: This case puts the two items in list in parallel: urban and rural voters.

 

D is the correct answer

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