Paridhi knew she still had to buy the groceries / pick up dry-cleaning / and prepare the presentation for the next day's meeting. / No error.
(a) (b) (c) (d)
Error Identification in Sentence Parallelism
The question asks to identify a grammatical error within a sentence that has three underlined parts labelled (a), (b), and (c).
Analyzing Sentence Structure and Parallelism
The sentence presents a list of tasks Paridhi needs to complete. These tasks should be presented in a parallel grammatical structure for clarity and correctness.
The listed tasks are:
- buy the groceries
- pick up dry-cleaning
- prepare the presentation
Let's examine the grammatical form of each item:
- Part (a): "buy the groceries". This phrase uses the verb "buy" followed by the article "the" and the object "groceries".
- Part (c): "prepare the presentation". This phrase uses the verb "prepare" followed by the article "the" and the object "presentation".
Identifying the Grammatical Error in Part (b)
Part (b) is "pick up dry-cleaning". This phrase uses the verb phrase "pick up" but omits the definite article "the" before "dry-cleaning".
For the sentence to maintain parallelism with parts (a) and (c), which correctly use the article "the" before their respective objects, part (b) also requires this article.
In this context, "dry-cleaning" refers to specific items (like clothes) that need to be collected. Therefore, the correct and parallel phrasing should be "pick up the dry-cleaning".
Determining the Incorrect Part
The omission of the article "the" in part (b) creates a lack of parallelism and constitutes a grammatical error.
Therefore, the underlined part (b) contains the error.
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