Multiple choice

Among the reasons for the decline of New England agriculture in the last three decades were the high cost of land, the pressure of housing and commercial development, and basing a marketing and distribution system on importing produce from Florida and California.

  1. basing a marketing and distribution system on importing produce from Florida and California

  2. basing a marketing and distribution system on the imported produce of Florida and California

  3. basing a system of marketing and distribution on the import of produce from Florida and California

  4. a marketing and distribution system based on importing produce from Florida and California

  5. a marketing and distribution system importing produce from Florida and California as its base
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D Correct answer
Explanation

Error of parallelism. 'The high cost of land, the pressure of housing and commercial development' should be followed by 'a marketing and distribution system based on importing produce from Florida and California'.

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