Correct option ESentence exam on :
- Parallelism
- conjuction
Original sentence:
Peromyscus maniculatus, more commonly known as the deer mouse,
-
is a small and versatile rodent that can thrive in virtually any
environment that
- is the most populous mammal inhabiting the North American continent.Flaw:
-
That wrongly modify
environment- inhabiting is present participle, not a verb, we need verb "
inhabit"
B) environment,
it is the most populous mammal to inhabit
Flaw : pronoun error by usage "
It" creates ambiguity
C) environment, which is the most populous mammal to inhabit
Flaw:
which wrongly modify nearest noun
EnvironmentD) environment,
it is the most populous mammal inhabiting
Flaw: pronoun
It error and wrong usage of
inhabiting as present participle
E)
Correct Option Peromyscus maniculatus, more commonly known as the deer mouse,
-
is a small and versatile rodent that can thrive in virtually any
environment and
- [b]is the most populous mammal to inhabit[/b] the North American continent
Properly connect two verb "is" and "and" conjuction, with correct usage of inhabit verb, makes option E correct.
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