John Jordan Crittenden, a politician from Kentucky,
worked not only under three presidents as the United States Attorney General but also served in both the U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Senate.
Errors analysis:
this question is testing parallelism and comparisons
the parallel marker is "not only X but also Y"
in the questions above worked is a verb taken out as common so the parallel marker reads as
"worked not only X but also worked Y" since worked is placed
before not only. the elements in a parallel list should be parallel i.e. once you place "worked" (verb) before not only the phrase followed after "not only" becomes a fragment and is not parallel to thesentence containing the verb which is followed after "but also".
in the first sentence the parallel elements are :
under three presidents as,
served in both the U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Senate.therefore only two options correct this error D and E
the only difference b/w D and E is "served" vs "served in"
D. not only worked under three presidents as the United States Attorney General but also served in
E. not only worked under three presidents as the United States Attorney General but also served
the sentence reads served in both
the U.S. House of Representatives and
U.S. Senate.U.S senate is not followed by a "the" therefore
served in the X and served in Y is illogical as U.S senate should be followed by a "the"
therefore E is the correct option _________________