OFFICIAL EXPLANATION
In order to win a Nobel prize, regardless of the specific category in question, one must display extraordinary creativity and performing thorough and solid research into one's field.A. In order to win a Nobel prize, regardless of the specific category in question, one must display extraordinary creativity and performing thorough and solid research into one's
Incorrect.
This answer choice is grammatically incorrect. The construction A and B requires that A and B be grammatically and logically parallel. In this case, A (creativity) is a noun whereas B (performing) is an unconjugated verb .
What helps us identify this question as a Parallelism question as well as identify the mistake is the following Stop Sign: A and/or/but BB. In order to win a Nobel prize, regardless of the specific category in question, one must display extraordinary creativity and the performance of thorough and solid research into their
Incorrect.
This answer choice is grammatically incorrect: the pronoun their refers to one but does not agree with it as one is singular and their is plural.
The pronoun one agrees with itself only.
What helps us identify this question as a Pronoun question as well as identify the mistake is the following Stop Sign: Every pronoun in the underlined part of the sentence or after itC. In order to win a Nobel prize, regardless of the specific category in question, one must display extraordinary creativity and the performance of thorough and solid research into his
Incorrect.
This answer choice is grammatically incorrect. The pronoun his can refer to human male nouns, but there's no such noun in the sentence.
The pronoun one agrees with itself only.
What helps us identify this question as a Pronoun question as well as identify the mistake is the following Stop Sign: Every pronoun in the underlined part of the sentence or after itD. In order to win a Nobel prize, regardless of the specific category in question, one must display extraordinary creativity and the performance of thorough and solid research into one's
The construction A and B requires that A and B be grammatically and logically parallel. In this answer choice, A (creativity) is a noun and so is B (performance).E. Regardless of the specific category in question, in order to win a Nobel prize, one must display extraordinary creativity and having performed thorough and solid research into one's
Incorrect.
This answer choice is grammatically incorrect and repeats the original mistake. The construction A and B requires that A and B be grammatically and logically parallel. In this case, A (creativity) is a noun whereas B (having) is an unconjugated verb .
What helps us identify this question as a Parallelism question as well as identify the mistake is the following Stop Sign: A and/or/but B