Find the part of the sentence that contains an error;
Despite the team's (1)/ well-thought strategy (2)/ their efforts lacked (3)/ coordination and consistent. (4)
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Correct answer: D
Explanation
Correct Answer
(4)
Explanation
The sentence has an error in part (4) due to a violation of parallelism. The coordinating conjunction "and" links the word "coordination" (which is a noun) with "consistent" (which is an adjective). To maintain grammatical balance, both words should be nouns. Therefore, the adjective "consistent" must be replaced with its noun form, "consistency".
Corrected Sentence: Despite the team's well-thought strategy, their efforts lacked coordination and consistency.
Key Points
Error Type: Parallelism / Parts of Speech mismatch.
Rule: When connecting two elements with "and", they must share the same grammatical form (Noun + Noun).
Correction: Change "consistent" (Adjective) to "consistency" (Noun).