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.

Pioneers in artificial intelligence and in nanotechnology predict a world where both body as well as mind become obsolete, where a combination of technologies and genetic engineering could lead to some sort of post-human world.

  1. Pioneers in artificial intelligence and in nanotechnology predict a world where both body as well as mind become obsolete

  2. Pioneers in artificial intelligence and in nanotechnology predict a world where both body as well as mind becomes obsolete

  3. Pioneers in artificial intelligence and in nanotechnology predict a world where both body and mind become obsolete

  4. Pioneers in artificial intelligence and nanotechnology predict a world where both body as well as mind become obsolete

  5. Pioneers in artificial intelligence and nanotechnology predict a world where both body and mind become obsolete

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C Correct answer
Explanation

The sentence suffers from the error of redundancy. 'Both' and 'as well as' cannot be used together. This option replaces 'as well as' with 'and'.