292. Federal authorities involved in the investigation have found the local witnesses are difficult to locate, reticent, and are suspicious of strangers.
(A) the local witnesses are difficult to locate, reticent, and are
(B) local witnesses to be difficult to locate, reticent, and are
(C) that local witnesses are difficult to locate, reticent, and
(D) local witnesses are difficult to locate and reticent, and they are
(E) that local witnesses are difficult to locate and reticent, and they are
Solution:
Parallelism + Modifier
OG Solution:
This sentence requires parallelism in the three coordinate complements that form the direct object clause: local witnesses are (1) difficult..., (2) reticent, and (3) suspicious... These three elements are logically parallel and must be formally parallel as well. Each must be expressed in an adjective or adjective phrase. C, the best choice, does this clearly and correctly. A, B, D, and E violate the parallelism in one of two ways. A and B convert the third element into a second, coordinate predicate for the object clause by repeating the verb are. D and E convert the third element into a second, coordinate object clause by introducing the words they are. Moreover, A, B, and D lack the conjunction that needed to introduce the direct object clause.
Sentence Correction - 1000 Questions with Solution:
(A) the local witnesses are difficult to locate, reticent, and are
(B) local witnesses to be difficult to locate, reticent, and are
(C) that local witnesses are difficult to locate, reticent, and
(D) local witnesses are difficult to locate and reticent, and they are
(E) that local witnesses are difficult to locate and reticent, and they are
Solution:
Parallelism + Modifier
OG Solution:
This sentence requires parallelism in the three coordinate complements that form the direct object clause: local witnesses are (1) difficult..., (2) reticent, and (3) suspicious... These three elements are logically parallel and must be formally parallel as well. Each must be expressed in an adjective or adjective phrase. C, the best choice, does this clearly and correctly. A, B, D, and E violate the parallelism in one of two ways. A and B convert the third element into a second, coordinate predicate for the object clause by repeating the verb are. D and E convert the third element into a second, coordinate object clause by introducing the words they are. Moreover, A, B, and D lack the conjunction that needed to introduce the direct object clause.
Sentence Correction - 1000 Questions with Solution: