Multiple choice

Directions: In the given question, select the option that expresses the central idea in the most clear, concise and correct manner.

  1. The councillor tried to convince residents they should join forces to prevent crime in the neighbourhood rather than continuing to be victimized.

  2. The councillor tried to convince residents that they should join forces to prevent crime in the neighbourhood rather than continue to be victimized

  3. The councillor tried to convince residents about joining forces to prevent crime in the neighbourhood instead of continuing to be victimized

  4. The councillor tried to convince residents for the joining of forces to prevent crime in the neighbourhood rather than continue to be victimized
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B Correct answer
Explanation

Options (1), (3) and (5) commit the error of faulty parallelism. The “this rather than that” construction requires two elements of the same form: “join rather than continue”. (4) uses the unidiomatic 'for the joining of'. As for (3), the phrase “convince about” is not idiomatic English. Answer: (2)

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