Find the part of the sentence that contains an error:
The authority’s move to delay the enforcement (1)/ was partly attributed to pressure (2)/ from the industry and partly due to uncertainty (3)/ in the recent legal amendments. (4)
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Correct answer: C
Explanation
The correct answer is option 3 i.e. (3).
Introduction:
The sentence explains the reasons behind the authority’s decision to delay enforcement.
Error is related to:
Parallelism and prepositional consistency.
What is wrong:
The phrase “partly attributed to… and partly due to…” breaks parallel structure.
Grammatical concept:
When two or more parts of a sentence are linked using correlative expressions like partly… and partly…, they must follow the same grammatical pattern for parallelism.
Incorrectness of the concept in context:
Here, one part uses “attributed to” while the other uses “due to,” which is inconsistent.
How to correct:
Maintain the same structure in both parts—either use “attributed to” twice or “due to” twice.
Correct phrase / correction:
“The authority’s move to delay the enforcement was partly attributed to pressure from the industry and partly attributed to uncertainty in the recent legal amendments.”
Final Sentence:
The authority’s move to delay the enforcement was partly attributed to pressure from the industry and partly attributed to uncertainty in the recent legal amendments.