Asked by Kennadi Smith on Sep 25, 2024

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Proofread the following sentence(s) for inconsistent tense and person. In addition, check for faulty parallelism. Select the type of error each sentence contains. Thomas is moving to Cleveland for graduate school and because of his girlfriend.

A) inconsistent tense
B) inconsistent person
C) faulty parallelism

Faulty Parallelism

A grammatical inconsistency where elements of similar importance in a sentence are not presented in a consistent linguistic form.

  • Detect and amend examples of improper parallelism within sentences.
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Gueraaa Smokes5 days ago
Final Answer :
C
Explanation :
The sentence suffers from faulty parallelism because the reasons for moving are not presented in a parallel structure. It should be corrected to something like, "Thomas is moving to Cleveland for graduate school and to be with his girlfriend."