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Select the correct answer.

Read the sentence.

You need the following to begin painting: a paintbrush, palette, a canvas, and an easel.

How could the writer correct the faulty parallelism in the sentence?

A. by changing "an easel" to "the easel"
B. by changing "a canvas" to "the canvas"
C. by changing "a screwdriver" to "screwdrivers"
D. by changing "palette" to "a palette"

Answer :

Final answer:

The sentence can be corrected by adding "a" before "palette" to maintain the parallelism in the series of items written. Therefore, the answer is D: by changing 'palette' to 'a palette'.

Explanation:

The sentence given is trying to list the items required for painting in a parallel format. A parallel structure requires all items to be presented in a similar grammatical form which enhances readability. In this case, the writer was trying to use the indefinite article 'a' before each item listed. Therefore, to correct the faulty parallelism, we should modify the term 'palette' to 'a palette' to keep the consistency of the series. Thus, the correct option is D: by changing 'palette' to 'a palette'.

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Answer: D

Explanation:

This is because only D doesn't have a determiner (like a, an and the).

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