Multiple choice

Directions: This question presents a sentence, all or part of which is underlined. Beneath the sentence you will find five ways of phrasing the underlined part. The first of these repeats the original; the other four are different. If you think the original is best, choose the first answer; otherwise choose one of the others.

Self-pollination occurs when pollen from one flower pollinates the same flower or other flowers of the same individual; by contrast, cross-pollination occurs when pollen is delivered to a flower from a different plant.

  1. by contrast, cross-pollination occurs when pollen is delivered to a flower from a different plant

  2. in contrast, cross-pollination occurs when pollen from one flower is delivered to a flower from a different plant

  3. in contrast, cross-pollination occurs when a flower on a different plant receives the pollen

  4. by contrast, when pollen is delivered to a flower from a different plant, cross-pollination occurs

  5. different than cross-pollination which occurs when pollen is delivered to a flower from a different plant
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B Correct answer
Explanation

Correct. The option removes the Error of Unidiomatic Expression and the Error of Parallelism.

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