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Writing > Identifying Sentence Errors

The following sentence contains either a single error or no error at all. If the sentence contains an error, select the one underlined part that must be changed to make the sentence correct. If the sentence contains no error, select choice E.

From its modest beginnings a as a series of brief vignettes to b its establishment as the longest-running prime-time animated series on television, The Simpsons c transformed the way d both the audiences and television programmers view the animated sitcom. e No error

Hint

Be aware that here the word “the” implies specific audiences rather than audiences in general.

Question of the Day

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47% correct

Writing > Identifying Sentence Errors

The following sentence contains either a single error or no error at all. If the sentence contains an error, select the one underlined part that must be changed to make the sentence correct. If the sentence contains no error, select choice E.

From its modest beginnings a as a series of brief vignettes to b its establishment as the longest-running prime-time animated series on television, The Simpsons c transformed the way d both the audiences and television programmers view the animated sitcom. e No error

Answer

The error in this sentence occurs at (D), where there is an improper idiom. What follows each part of the “both...and” construction must be grammatically parallel, but here “both” is followed by the article “the” while “and” is followed by the noun “television programmers.”