Multiple choice

Directions: The following sentence has been split into four parts. One of the parts may have an error of grammar or syntax. Select the part having the error. If there is no error, select (5)

  1. Citizens in the coastal cities responded directly to the war crisis

  2. in four distinct ways: Writing petitions to their readers,

  3. augmenting their towns' defences, selling ships

  4. to the government and armed their vessels for self- defence.

  5. No error
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D Correct answer
Explanation

To make the sentence parallel, we will have to use the same formation of gerunds throughout the sentence: writing, augmenting, selling and arming.

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