Multiple choice softskills communication

Marx will certainly live an unhappy life _______________________________

  1. a) because of his bitterness and because he is paranoid.

  2. b) because of his bitterness and paranoia

  3. c) because he is bitter and paranoid.

  4. d) Both b) and c)
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D Correct answer
Explanation

Option B uses 'bitterness' (noun) and 'paranoia' (noun) in parallel structure, which is grammatically sound. Option C uses 'bitter' and 'paranoid' as adjectives describing Marx, also correct. Option A is incorrect because it mixes 'because of his bitterness' (prepositional phrase) with 'because he is paranoid' (clause), breaking parallelism. Since both B and C are valid constructions, D is correct.

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