Find the part of the sentence that contains an error: The extent to which the minister's statement came under criticism (1)/ reflects not merely public dissatisfaction (2)/ but also that the media has (3)/ increasingly begun scrutinising political rhetoric. (4)
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Identify Sentence Error: Minister's Statement
This question requires identifying the specific part of a sentence that contains a grammatical error.
Error Analysis in Part (3)
The sentence employs a parallel structure using the correlative conjunctions 'not merely... but also...'. Let's examine the elements being contrasted:
- The first element following 'not merely' is 'public dissatisfaction', which is a noun phrase.
- The structure following 'but also' is 'that the media has increasingly begun scrutinising political rhetoric', which is a noun clause.
A grammatical error occurs because these two elements are not parallel in structure. The phrase 'not merely X but also Y' requires X and Y to be grammatically similar (e.g., both noun phrases, both clauses, etc.). Here, a noun phrase is contrasted with a noun clause, breaking the expected parallelism.
Locating the Error
The problematic construction is found in part (3): "...but also that the media has...". This phrasing incorrectly joins the second part of the parallel structure.
A grammatically correct sentence would maintain parallelism. For example, it could state "...reflects not merely public dissatisfaction but also the media's increasing scrutiny of political rhetoric."
Therefore, the segment containing the error is part (3).
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