Multiple choice

Directions: Given below is a sentence with an underlined part. The underlined part may or may not have an error. Choose the best option to replace the underlined part to make the sentence correct. If the underlined part is correct as it is, mark (1) as your answer.

Any medical test will sometimes fail to detect a condition when it is present and indicate that there is one when it is not.

  1. a condition when it is present and indicate that there is one

  2. when a condition is present and indicate that there is one

  3. a condition when it is present and indicate that it is present

  4. when a condition is present and indicate its presence

  5. the presence of a condition when it is there and indicate its presence
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Error of parallelism. Option 3 best expresses the correct meaning.

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